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Diana FRANCIS

PhD. Atmospheric Sciences, Sorbonne Universités Paris VI

The BodEx campaign

Posted on January 30, 2010November 17, 2011 by admin

Evaluating the radiatif impact of dust on atmospheric thermodynamics on a source region: the Bodélé depression in Chad in the framework of the BodEx campaign 2005

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