Dust Concentration in the Atmosphere of the Equatorial North Atlantic: Possible Relationship to the Sahelian Drought
- 10 June 1977
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 196 (4295) , 1196-1198
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.196.4295.1196
Abstract
The concentration of insoluble mineral aerosol in the lower troposphere of the western equatorial North Atlantic Ocean has increased by a factor of 3 over the last decade. This increase may be related to the drought in the Sahelian zone of North Africa.Keywords
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