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Extreme dust storm over the eastern Mediterranean in September 2015: satellite, lidar, and surface observations in the Cyprus region
Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Limassol, Cyprus
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Albert Ansmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Argyro Nisantzi
Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Limassol, Cyprus
Stavros Solomos
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
George Kallos
School of Physics, Division of Environment and Meteorology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Limassol, Cyprus
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