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Suspended dust over southeastern Mediterranean and its relation to atmospheric circulations

  1. Uri Dayan1,*,
  2. Baruch Ziv2,
  3. Tova Shoob1,
  4. Yehouda Enzel1,3

Article first published online: 1 AUG 2007

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1587

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 7, pages 915–924, 15 June 2008

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Dayan, U., Ziv, B., Shoob, T. and Enzel, Y. (2008), Suspended dust over southeastern Mediterranean and its relation to atmospheric circulations. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 915–924. doi: 10.1002/joc.1587

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  1. 1

    Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  2. 2

    The Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel

  3. 3

    Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

*Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91905, Israel.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 APR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 1 AUG 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 3 JUN 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 28 MAY 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 DEC 2006

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  • Israeli Science foundation. Grant Number: 764/06

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