Saharan Air Outbreaks Over the Tropical North Atlantic

作者：Joseph M. Prospero, Toby Nahum Carlson · 发表于：Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · 年份：1981 · DOI：10.1007/978-3-0348-5148-0_17 · 被引用次数：118 · 研究领域：Aeolian processes and effects、Atmospheric aerosols and clouds、Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Among Bergeron’s many interests were climatology, the characteristics of the intertropical convergence zone and mineral dust in the atmosphere, the last because of the importance of soil particles in the process of ice nucleation. Perhaps it was because of these interests that Bergeron was drawn to the study of the meteorology of North Africa where the climate in many regions is dominated by the behavior of the intertropical convergence zone and where dust is ubiquitous and abundant indeed. These interests and his humanitarian instincts converged to produce at least two papers ( Bergeron , 1960, 1968) which dealt with the possibilities of employing weather modification techniques to increase rainfall in the arid and desert regions of North Africa. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.