PEGASUS en Namibie: publication d’overview sous presse

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8 mai 2019

Un voyage de presque deux mois en bateau mais ça valait la peine! La publication d’overview du projet AEROCLO-sA est maintenant acceptée par BAMS. PEGASUS est à l’honneur!

La station mobile PEGASUS sur le site de campagne à Henties Bay, en Namibie – Aout-Sept 2017

Formenti, P., B. D’Anna, C. Flamant, M. Mallet, S.J. Piketh, K. Schepanski, F. Waquet, F. Auriol, G. Brogniez, F. Burnet, J. P. Chaboureau, A. Chauvigné, P. Chazette, C. Denjean, K. Desboeufs, J.-F. Doussin, N. Elguindi, S. Feuerstein, M. Gaetani, C. Giorio, D. Klopper, M.D. Mallet, P. Nabat, A. Monod, F. Solmon, A. Namwoonde, C. Chikwililwa, R. Mushi, E.J. Welton, and B. Holben, 0: The Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in southern Africa (AEROCLO-sA) field campaign in Namibia: overview, illustrative observations and way forward. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 0, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0278.1

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