An Assessment of the Efficiency of Dust Regional Modelling to Predict Saharan Dust Transport Episodes
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1 Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering and Environment, Institute of Technology and Management of Agricultural Ecosystems, Centre for Research and Technology—Thessaly, Technology Park of Thessaly, 1st Industrial Area of Volos, 38500 Volos, Greece 2 Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Campus Box 149, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece 3 Institute for Space Applications & Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa and Vas. Paulou street, 15236 Penteli, Greece 4Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O.Box 2208, Voutes, 71003 Heraklion, Greece 5Earth Sciences Division, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Nexus II Building, c/ Jordi Girona 29, 08034 Barcelona, Spain 6Earth Institute at Columbia University, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 405 Low Library, MC 4335, 535 West 116th Street, NY 10027, USA
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