Articles | Volume 5, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-1973-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-1973-2012
Research article
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17 Aug 2012
Research article |  | 17 Aug 2012

Intercomparison of desert dust optical depth from satellite measurements

E. Carboni, G. E. Thomas, A. M. Sayer, R. Siddans, C. A. Poulsen, R. G. Grainger, C. Ahn, D. Antoine, S. Bevan, R. Braak, H. Brindley, S. DeSouza-Machado, J. L. Deuzé, D. Diner, F. Ducos, W. Grey, C. Hsu, O. V. Kalashnikova, R. Kahn, P. R. J. North, C. Salustro, A. Smith, D. Tanré, O. Torres, and B. Veihelmann

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