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Original Articles

Saharan dust flux and deposition rate near the Gulf of Guinea

F. ReschLaboratoire LSEET-LEPI, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, 83162 La Valette Cedex, France,Correspondence[email protected]
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A. SunnuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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G. AfetiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Pages 98-105 | Received 13 Jul 2006, Accepted 23 Mar 2007, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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