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Advances in Meteorology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 246874, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/246874
Research Article

Desert Dust Outbreaks over Mediterranean Basin: A Modeling, Observational, and Synoptic Analysis Approach

F. Calastrini,1,2 F. Guarnieri,1,2 S. Becagli,3 C. Busillo,1 M. Chiari,4 U. Dayan,5 F. Lucarelli,4,6 S. Nava,4 M. Pasqui,2 R. Traversi,3 R. Udisti,3 and G. Zipoli2

1LaMMA Consortium, Laboratory of Monitoring and Environmental Modeling for the Sustainable Development, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
2IBIMET, National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, 50145 Florence, Italy
3Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
4INFN, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
5Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
6Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

Received 9 March 2012; Accepted 19 June 2012

Academic Editor: Pawan Gupta

Copyright © 2012 F. Calastrini et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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