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Science 10 June 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4295, pp. 1196 - 1198
DOI: 10.1126/science.196.4295.1196
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Dust Concentration in the Atmosphere of the Equatorial North Atlantic: Possible Relationship to the Sahelian Drought

JOSEPH M. PROSPERO 1 and RUBY T. NEES 1

1 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149

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.

Submitted on November 12, 1976


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