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People Peter Colarco Last Name: Colarco First Name: Peter Personal URL: http://lasp.colorado.edu/~colarco E-mail Address: colarco@colorado.edu Organization: LASP/University of Colorado Organization URL: http://lasp.colorado.edu Description: Dust sources, modeling dust production and transport, remote sensing applications. RecID: PeterColarco Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/PeterActivityLog1.html Chris Gueymard Last Name: Gueymard First Name: Chris E-mail Address: chris@fsec.ucf.edu Description: I developed a variety of broadband and spectral solar radiation models, as well as different methods to estimate atmospheric turbidity and aerosol optical depth from direct and diffuse solar radiation data. Dust storms provide a good test for such methods. Dust storms also need to be radiatively characterized to provide the solar energy community (particularly those groups involved in power generation through concentrating solar collectors) with estimates of what irradiance losses might be expected during those events, and with educated warnings if their frequency tend to increase over time. I'm already teaming with Frank Vignola to prepare publications about this. Other participants are welcome! RecID: ChrisGueymard Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ChrisActivityLog1.html Ian McKendry Last Name: McKendry First Name: Ian Personal URL: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/atmos/mckendry/index.html E-mail Address: ian@geog.ubc.ca Organization: University of British Columbia Organization URL: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/ Description: We have completed a draft paper examining the impact of the April 1998 dust event on PM10 concentrations in the Vancouver region. We have compared the elemental signatures of dust in the region on 29 April with those in the published literature (eg. in Hawaii). Elemental ratios observed in the valley are very similar to those observed in Kosa aerosol events elsewhere and are quite different to usual ratios in the region. The crustal elemental data is used to reconstruct soil mass and to estimate the contribution of Asian dust to Pm10 levels observed on 29 April. We estimate that up to 50% of Pm10 in the valley at this time was of Asian origin. The biggest impact we see is in silicon concentrations which were more than double previous highest concentrations. We propose that the kosa aerosol was mixed into the boundary layer over the mountainous interior of British Columbia and transported coastward in outflow winds. We are currently running a high resolution mesoscale model (MC2) in order to further investigate meteorological transport processes. RecID: IanMcKendry Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/IanActivityLog1.html Parveen Bajaj Last Name: Bajaj First Name: Parveen E-mail Address: gromax@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Organization: Gromax International Organization URL: http://www.gromaxintl.com Description: We are Millers/Exporters From India Exporting in Bulk and Attractive innovative Consumer Packings the following Agro Products & Commodities : Basmati Rice, Non-basmati rice, Pulses, Menthol cotton, sesame, jute, etc. RecID: ParveenBajaj Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ParveenActivityLog1.html Roberto A. Peiretti Last Name: Peiretti First Name: Roberto A. E-mail Address: sdrob@idi.com.ar Organization: AAPRESID ( Argentinean No Till Farmers Association) Organization URL: http://www.aapresid.com.ar Description: I am particularly interested in discussing the true origin of this tremendous example of the erroneous way under which, we the humans, are managing the soil resource while farming them. Conventional tillage, which implies soil tillage, generates several indesirable side effects. During the application of the conventional farming technology, the soils are tilled and "naked", exposing them to the erotion forces of rain and wind. Among others, this mechanism generates undesirable side effects as we can see in the Asian Dust Event. Also, the negative carbon balance of soils, under convencional tillage treatment, are responsable for the depletion of soil structure and stability of them which as an overall means loosing soil fertility or soil productivity. This also largelly contributes to encrease the ammount of atmospheric CO2 which as it is clearly establish, is the main responsable gas for the GreenHouse effect. Among others undesirable side effects, the ones mentioned in this paragraph, are placing the Conventional Farming System further and further from the possibility of allowing us to achieve Sustainability of the whole situation. We in AAPRESID do trully believe, convinced by the reality of applying the No Till Farming System, that we are able to completelly counteract the soil erotion and deterioration process avoiding and ensuring that new "Asian Dust Events " will not happen where the No Till System is apply. I had available, to be sent to any colleage or institution that are insterested in this new and revolutionary farming system, several papers that shows this evidences and strongly support this point of view. RecID: RobertoA.Peiretti Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/Roberto A.ActivityLog1.html Slobodan NICKOVIC Last Name: NICKOVIC First Name: Slobodan E-mail Address: nicko@icod.org.mt Organization: Euro_Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics (ICoD) Organization URL: http://www.icod.org.mt/Modelling/HydDyn_main.htm Description: Atmospheric dust modelling, operational prediction of dust parameters RecID: SlobodanNICKOVIC Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/SlobodanActivityLog1.html Joseph Vaughan Last Name: Vaughan First Name: Joseph Personal URL: http://www.wsu.edu/~jvaughan E-mail Address: jvaughan@wsu.edu Organization: Laboratory for Atmospheric Research Organization URL: http://www.ce.wsu.edu/LAR Description: We captured solar irradiance data using a Yankee Shadowband Radiometer during the Asian dust event. Our analysis shows a maximum optical depth occuring in Eastern Washington about April 27, 1998 (98117). We also have elemental XRF results from a PM10-PM2.5 monitoring site in Spokane WA that shows a PM peak that appears a couple days later on 98119. Our XRF results don't show any major changes of elemental ratios (proportions) for the 98119 PM max. We're interested in other radiometric, PM and elemental measurements that can help clarify the nature of our observations. We are also analyzing AVHRR imagery from the 98117 date and another nearby date to exmaine the quality AOT retrieval obtainable from applying Tanre's contrast method. RecID: JosephVaughan Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JosephActivityLog2.html Mahesh Phadnis Last Name: Phadnis First Name: Mahesh Personal URL: http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~mphadnis E-mail Address: mahesh-phadnis@uiowa.edu Organization: The University of Iowa Organization URL: http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu Description: Regional (Asia) and Global scale Modeling of dust and pollutant transport. Heterogeneous chemical interactions of tropospheric trace gases on mineral aerosols. Remote Sensing techniques to analyze aerosol transport and distribution. RecID: MaheshPhadnis Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/MaheshActivityLog1.html James Yienger Last Name: Yienger First Name: James Personal URL: http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/people/jyienger/ E-mail Address: jyienger@cgrer.uiowa.edu Organization: University of Iowa Organization URL: http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu Description: 3D global atmospheric chemical modeling with a focus on trans-Pacific atmospheric transport. We are currently studying frequency and nature transport from Asia to North America, and are looking at the consequences of such transport. Please come visit out web page featuring results (including animations) from the GFDL/GCTM. We welcome feedback from and collaboration with others interested in this topic. http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/asiaimpact RecID: JamesYienger Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JamesActivityLog2.html Bernard Hallet Last Name: Hallet First Name: Bernard E-mail Address: hallet@u.washington.edu Organization: Quaternary Research Center Organization URL: http://depts.washington.edu/qrc Description: Paleo Dust Records, Loess in China How can we use recent observations of contemporary Asian dust to improve our ability to decipher past environmental conditions from the biggest and oldest (7+ million years) pile of dust in the world? This pile underlies the Loess Plateau of China. The role of dust in glacial/interglacial climate change. RecID: BernardHallet Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BernardActivityLog1.html Yuan Gao Last Name: Gao First Name: Yuan E-mail Address: yuangao@ahab.rutgers.edu Organization: Rutgers University Description: Chemical and physical characterization of dust particles, the global dust fluxes, and dust/aerosol remote sensing/oceanic biomass interactions. RecID: YuanGao Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/YuanActivityLog1.html Ken Wilkening Last Name: Wilkening First Name: Ken Personal URL: http://www.nautilus.org/staff/ken.html E-mail Address: kew@nautilus.org Organization: Nautilus Institute Organization URL: http://nautilus.org Description: policy analysis of trans-Pacific air pollution, and transboundary air pollution in Northeast Asia RecID: KenWilkening Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/KenActivityLog1.html Douglas Westphal Last Name: Westphal First Name: Douglas E-mail Address: westphal@nrlmry.navy.mil Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey CA Organization URL: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol Description: Dust, smoke, and anthropogenic aerosols, their sources, transformation, and transport RecID: DouglasWestphal Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DouglasActivityLog1.html Tendra Swann Last Name: Swann First Name: Tendra E-mail Address: Lacetta@spectrefx.com Organization: Swann Kids Kare - LEAP - Metro. Family Child Care Description: Always interested in Educational facts and reports, not only for the Childrens education but also for person research. All humans need to know more about the world we all live in. I as an early childhood educator need all the information there is to make the world without video games intersting as well as informative. Everything and everyone is affected and effected by everything around them. Thank you for your time to do the research and send along the intrests of the world to the world. TLS RecID: TendraSwann Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/TendraActivityLog1.html Doug Fox Last Name: Fox First Name: Doug E-mail Address: dfox@cira.colostate.edu Organization: Cooperative Institute for Reseach on the Atmosphere, Colorado State University Organization URL: http://ww.cira.colostate.edu Description: Smoke Management, Climate Change and fine particulate issues associated with human activities in Asia RecID: DougFox Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DougActivityLog1.html Jeong-su Park Last Name: Park First Name: Jeong-su E-mail Address: yhammer8@hitel.net Organization: KBS Organization URL: http://www.kbs.co.kr RecID: Jeong-suPark Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/Jeong-suActivityLog1.html Diana Lutz Last Name: Lutz First Name: Diana E-mail Address: dlutz@caruspub.com Organization: Carus Publishing Organization URL: http://www.musemag.com Description: Interested in using dust images in a nonfiction children's magazine jointly published by the Cricket Magazine Group and Smithsonian Magazine. RecID: DianaLutz Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DianaActivityLog1.html James Acker Last Name: Acker First Name: James Personal URL: http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/people/Acker.html E-mail Address: acker@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: Goddard DAAC Ocean Color Data Support Team Organization URL: http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/OCDST/OB_main.html Description: The Goddard DAAC is the archive and distribution site for SeaWiFS data. SeaWiFS data is useful for the detection of dust transport and the potential effects of dust deposition on the oceanic biosphere. We will aid researchers in the acquisition and use of SeaWiFS data for dust aerosol and marine biological research. RecID: JamesAcker Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JamesActivityLog1.html Robert Frouin Last Name: Frouin First Name: Robert E-mail Address: rfrouin@ucsd.edu Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Organization URL: http://www-sio.ucsd.edu/ Description: Atmospheric correction of ocean color in the presence of dust. Aerosol remote sensing. Satellite ocean color validation. Manages San Nicolas Island CIMEL sunphotometer operations. RecID: RobertFrouin Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RobertActivityLog1.html Youngsin Chun Last Name: Chun First Name: Youngsin Personal URL: http://www.metri.re.kr/appliweb/yschun.html E-mail Address: yschun@iris.metri.re.kr Organization: Meteorological Research Institute Organization URL: http://www.metri.re.kr Description: 1. Measurement of Asian Dust ( Whangsa in Korea) : Observation in Seoul during March to May, 1998 --- TSP, PM10, Number density(0.3-25um) 2. The long range transport modeling and forecasting RecID: YoungsinChun Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/YoungsinActivityLog1.html Toshiyuki Murayama Last Name: Murayama First Name: Toshiyuki E-mail Address: murayama@ipc.tosho-u.ac.jp Organization: Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine, Dept. of Physics Description: Dear Colleagues, I would like to inform you about the organization of Network observation of Asian dust (Kosa) in Japan with ground-based instruments: lidar, skyradiometer, optical particle counter and etc. We have started this campaign named LINK-J from the spring of 1997. Recently we are reconstructing our web. page in English in the following site: http://info.nies.go.jp:8094/kosapub/ You will find some images and results of the observations. We are hoping to communicate and exchange about Asian dust events in world wide. Best regards, spokesman of LINK-J: T. Murayama RecID: ToshiyukiMurayama Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ToshiyukiActivityLog1.html Cecile Dupouy Last Name: Dupouy First Name: Cecile E-mail Address: cdu@lodyc.jussieu.fr Organization: ORSTOM Organization URL: http://www.orstom.fr Description: Link with ocean color RecID: CecileDupouy Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/CecileActivityLog1.html Tom Zhao Last Name: Zhao First Name: Tom E-mail Address: xuepeng@stx.com Organization: Raytheon STX Organization URL: http://www.stx.com Description: Aerosol and suspended matter retrieval from satellite, atmospheric correction, modeling of aerosol microphysics,l and tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry RecID: TomZhao Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/TomActivityLog3.html Steven Clemens Last Name: Clemens First Name: Steven E-mail Address: steven_clemens@brown.edu Organization: Brown University Description: I'm interested in observations of dust transport to the Arabian Sea. Project JGOFS (Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies) completed a year-long sediment trap deployment in 1995 which sampled dust transported to the Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon season (Clemens, 1998 in press, Dust response to seasonal atmospheric forcing:Proxy evaluation and calibration, Paleoceanography). Satellite images of the location of dust mobilization and transport paths would be very useful. Who do I talk to to? RecID: StevenClemens Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/StevenActivityLog2.html Feng Lu Last Name: Lu First Name: Feng E-mail Address: lufeng@public.east.cn.net Organization: National satellite meteorology center Organization URL: http://www.cma.gov.cn Description: montioring dust storm with satellite data, cloud derive wind,database,Gis application in meteorological, vis5d application RecID: FengLu Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/FengActivityLog1.html Frank Van Haren Last Name: Van Haren First Name: Frank E-mail Address: fvan461@ecy.wa.gov Organization: Washington State Department of Ecology Description: Visbility protection program coordinator. Fine particulate and visibility monitoring. In Washington State there are several fine particulate monitoring sites located in remote and rural areas. These sites are part of the IMPROVE or IMPROVE protocol network. Samples from these sites are analyzed for chemical species. The dust signature should show up on these samples. RecID: FrankVanHaren Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/FrankActivityLog2.html J.Y. Lee Last Name: Lee First Name: J.Y. Personal URL: none E-mail Address: monol@chollian.net Organization: CSM Corp. Organization URL: none Description: Technical forum RecID: J.Y.Lee Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/J.Y.ActivityLog1.html Kristin Hanson Last Name: Hanson First Name: Kristin E-mail Address: kkhanson@du.edu Organization: University of Denver RecID: KristinHanson Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/KristinActivityLog1.html Nels Laulainen Last Name: Laulainen First Name: Nels Personal URL: http://www.pnl.gov/atmos_sciences/as_bio4.html E-mail Address: nels.laulainen@pnl.gov Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Organization URL: http://www.pnl.gov/atmos_sciences/index.html Description: have access to multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer data from various sites in the US (mainly). These data can be used to derive estimates of aerosol optical depth as a function of wavelength. I am in the process of looking at these data for sites impacted by the dust cloud from China and plan to report on these results at this website. RecID: NelsLaulainen1 Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/NelsActivityLog2.html Nels Laulainen Last Name: Laulainen First Name: Nels Personal URL: http://www.pnl.gov/atmos_sciences/as_bio4.html E-mail Address: nels.laulainen@pnl.gov Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Organization URL: http://www.pnl.gov/atmos_sciences/index.html Description: have access to multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer data from various sites in the US (mainly). These data can be used to derive estimates of aerosol optical depth as a function of wavelength. I am in the process of looking at these data for sites impacted by the dust cloud from China and plan to report on these results at this website. RecID: NelsLaulainen Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/NelsActivityLog1.html James W. Yarbrough Last Name: Yarbrough First Name: James W. E-mail Address: Jyarbrou.Epa.gov Organization: EPA Region 6 Dallas, Texas RecID: JamesW.Yarbrough Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/James W.ActivityLog1.html Bruce Thomson Last Name: Thomson First Name: Bruce E-mail Address: bruce.thomson@ec.gc.ca Organization: Environment Canada RecID: BruceThomson Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BruceActivityLog1.html Tom Mallard Last Name: Mallard First Name: Tom Personal URL: http://www.mallard-design.com E-mail Address: mallard@mallard-design.com Organization: Mallard Design Company Organization URL: http://www.mallard-design.com Description: Cultural history, archeology, human migration to north america, kanji, kitemaking; geomorphology, erosion, (aeolian transport/erosion as well as water) Also, industrial design; manufacturing processes and machines; computers. RecID: TomMallard Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/TomActivityLog2.html AHMET CEMAL SAYDAM Last Name: SAYDAM First Name: AHMET CEMAL Personal URL: http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/saydam/index.html E-mail Address: saydam@tubitak.gov.tr Organization: Middle East Technical University Organization URL: http://metu.edu.tr Description: The impact of, desert origin, wet dust deposition on algae bloom with special reference to the bloom/high concentrations of Emiliania huxleyi RecID: AHMETCEMALSAYDAM Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/AHMET CEMALActivityLog1.html Frank Vignola Last Name: Vignola First Name: Frank E-mail Address: fev@darkwing.uoregon.edu Organization: University of Oregon Solar Monitoring Laboratory Organization URL: http://solardat.uoregon.edu Description: We are interested in the effect of the dust cloud on solar radiation in the Pacific Northwest. RecID: FrankVignola Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/FrankActivityLog1.html John Bachmann Last Name: Bachmann First Name: John E-mail Address: Bachmann.JohnD@epa.gov Organization: EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Organization URL: http://www.epa.gov Description: PM Naaqs review and implementation issues. Natural events policy Research on the health effects of particles. RecID: JohnBachmann Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JohnActivityLog3.html David MacKinnon Last Name: MacKinnon First Name: David E-mail Address: dmackinn@flagmail.wr.usgs.gov Organization: US Geological Survey Description: Remote sensing studies of land/atmosphere interactions, particularly dust storm events RecID: DavidMacKinnon Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DavidActivityLog2.html Bryan Van Hook Last Name: Van Hook First Name: Bryan Personal URL: http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~bv2 E-mail Address: bv2@cec.wustl.edu Organization: CAPITA, Washington University Organization URL: /capita/ Description: Website development at CAPITA. RecID: BryanVanHook Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BryanActivityLog1.html Richard Reynolds Last Name: Reynolds First Name: Richard E-mail Address: rreynolds@usgs.gov Organization: US Geological Survey Organization URL: http://climchange.cr.usgs.gov/ Description: Working on the project (see description by Marith Reheis) to link surficial geologic processes with desert ecosystem processes. Identification of eolian components and sources in surficial deposits using magnetic and petrologic methods. RecID: RichardReynolds Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RichardActivityLog1.html Tony Hansen Last Name: Hansen First Name: Tony Personal URL: http://www.mageesci.com E-mail Address: TonyHansen@Mageesci.com Organization: Magee Scientific Company Organization URL: http://www.mageesci.com Description: Measurement of optically-absorbing aerosol species: differentiation of smoke and dust: real-time monitoring of absorption RecID: TonyHansen Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/TonyActivityLog1.html Pat Chavez Last Name: Chavez First Name: Pat Personal URL: http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/TRS E-mail Address: pchavez@terraweb.wr.usgs.gov Organization: United States Geological Survey Description: I have been using satellite remotely sensed images for change detection of vegetation dynamics in deserts and dust storm mapping. We have also used satellite images to map areas with eolian erosion vulnerability by mapping high spectral reflectances and low vegetation density areas. We are starting a project to map dust storm locations, study vegetation change at these sites, and extend our capabilities to mapping visibility degradation/ changes in the southwestern United States. RecID: PatChavez Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/PatActivityLog1.html Marith Reheis Last Name: Reheis First Name: Marith Personal URL: http://climchange.cr.usgs.gov E-mail Address: mreheis@usgs.gov Organization: USGS, Geologic Division, Global Change and Climate History Team Organization URL: http://climchange.cr.usgs.gov/ Description: One of our groups is working in cooperation with the biological community to understand the interactions among eolian erosion, deposition, soil composition and fertility, plant communities, and the formation of cryptobiotic crusts under different land-use conditions in the Colorado Plateau region. In addition, I have been monitoring dust deposition throughout the Mojave Desert since 1984; that data is available via anonymous ftp at: http://geochange.er.usgs.gov. We have just installed three stations that monitor meteorological, soil, sand-movement, and dust-deposition parameters at three sites in the Canyonlands region. RecID: MarithReheis1 Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/MarithActivityLog2.html Marith Reheis Last Name: Reheis First Name: Marith E-mail Address: mreheis@usgs.gov Organization: USGS, Geologic Division, Global Change and Climate History Team Organization URL: http://climchange.cr.usgs.gov/ Description: One of our groups is working in cooperation with the biological community to understand the interactions among eolian erosion, deposition, soil composition and fertility, plant communities, and the formation of cryptobiotic crusts under different land-use conditions in the Colorado Plateau region. In addition, I have been monitoring dust deposition throughout the Mojave Desert since 1984; that data is available via anonymous ftp at: http://geochange.er.usgs.gov. We have just installed three stations that monitor meteorological, soil, sand-movement, and dust-deposition parameters at three sites in the Canyonlands region. RecID: MarithReheis Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/MarithActivityLog1.html Tom Gill Last Name: Gill First Name: Tom Personal URL: http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/tgill.htm E-mail Address: tgill@ttu.edu Organization: Texas Tech University Atmospheric Science Group Organization URL: http://www.atmo.ttu.edu Description: Dust generation and aeolian processes. Long-distance dust transport. Mechanisms of mineral dust generation. Role of mineral dusts in global biogeochemical cycles and climate. Geochemistry of mineral dusts. RecID: TomGill Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/TomActivityLog1.html Charles Brock Last Name: Brock First Name: Charles E-mail Address: cbrock@du.edu Organization: University of Denver/Nat. Ctr. for Atmospheric Res. Organization URL: http://ucar.edu Description: Tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry, aerosol physics and optics. Our group at the University of Denver operates particle measurement instruments on several aircraft, including NASA's high-altitude ER-2 and WB-57F. RecID: CharlesBrock Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/CharlesActivityLog1.html Brent Holben Last Name: Holben First Name: Brent E-mail Address: brent@spamer.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Organization URL: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Description: Research on aerosol optical properties and validation of satellite aerosol products from ground-based sun-sky scanning spectral radiometers. RecID: BrentHolben Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BrentActivityLog1.html Sasha Juric Last Name: Juric First Name: Sasha Personal URL: /CAPITA/People/AJuric/ E-mail Address: aj@mecf.wustl.edu Organization: CAPITA Consultant Organization URL: http://capita/wustl.edu Description: Hardware/software consultant for the CAPITA web server. RecID: SashaJuric Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/SashaActivityLog1.html Walter Lyons Last Name: Lyons First Name: Walter Personal URL: http://www.fma-research.com E-mail Address: walyons@frii.com Organization: FMA Research, Inc. Organization URL: http://www.fma-research.com Description: We have a long standing interest in long range dust transport. More immediately, we are gearing up for our annual monitoring of sprites (luminous flashes high above thunderstorms) using low-light TV systems. We shoot from Colorado where the air in summer is usually clear enough to image sprites out to 500-1000 km. But for the last week we have been puzzled by the poor visibility. We have a six year record of continuous time lapse video of the Rockies north of Denver and do not often see such hazy skies in this area in May. Learning of the Chinese dust cloud cleared up our puzzlement (but not the air, as of 4 May). RecID: WalterLyons Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/WalterActivityLog2.html Alan VanArsdale Last Name: VanArsdale First Name: Alan E-mail Address: vanarsdale.alan@epamail.epa.gov Organization: United States Environmental Protection Agency Description: Involved in [proposed] Advanced Monitoring Initiatives (as EPA Regional staff) to help develop air pollution/satellite technologies, PMf monitoring activites, atmospheric chemistry, data assessment. RecID: AlanVanArsdale Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/AlanActivityLog1.html Dan Jaffe Last Name: Jaffe First Name: Dan Personal URL: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~djaffe/ E-mail Address: djaffe@u.washington.edu Organization: University of Washington Organization URL: http://www.washington.edu Description: Dust and pollution transport in the Pacific RecID: DanJaffe Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DanActivityLog1.html Gary Jackson Last Name: Jackson First Name: Gary E-mail Address: gjackson/r4_s-c@fs.fed.us Organization: United States Dept. of Agriculture-Forest Service Description: April 27th, on the way to work I could not figure why it appeared to be so much smoke in the valley, especially to the north. Visibility was poor past 18 kilometers. Throughout the week I found that there were some prescribed fires to the west and north, but not enought to cause this problem. Since Iam the Forest air program manager and have a IMPROVE PM 2.5 and ozone monitoring site at 9,000 feet, I wanted to know the cause. I found out about the China dust Wed. Pm, from the Idaho DEQ. By the 30th, it started clearing out and on 5/1, a pressure front passed cleaning up the valley. Our forest is part of the IMPROVE network and Iam interested in all air related impacts to our area. I have an on-going program with Dr. Larry St. Clair with BYU, in Utah for biomonitoring with lichens to check the air chemistry on our forest. The forest I work on is the Salmon & Challis NF, and includes the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. All smoke & dust from the west follows the Main Salmon River eastward and impacts the Salmon Valley on the east side of the state. Salmon is located approx. 114 degrees west longitude & 45 deg. 11 min. north. Today at noon, on 5/4, visibility is poor (18 km)to the north and east, fair 8 km and good 3 km. The 700 mb maps from WRCC and Purdue show winds from SW Canada. According to FIRE dispatch contain large amounts of smoke from Canada and it is impacting us and also the Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana, to the north. Special thanks to Mr. Husar for the Global dust inf. The local people say that it is a small planet after all. RecID: GaryJackson Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/GaryActivityLog1.html Dave DuBois Last Name: DuBois First Name: Dave Personal URL: http://unr.edu/homepage/daved E-mail Address: daved@dri.edu Organization: Desert Research Institute Organization URL: http://www.dri.edu Description: aerosol transport, aerosol monitoring, atmospheric optics RecID: DaveDuBois Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DaveActivityLog1.html bob johnson Last Name: johnson First Name: bob E-mail Address: bobnjac@juno.com Description: Been aware of heavy haze in Medford,Or for about a week and am pleased to find this site, info & and discussion. Situation has improved yesterday & today with changing WX system. also pleased the site will remain open for some time. b RecID: bobjohnson Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/bobActivityLog1.html Bret Schichtel Last Name: Schichtel First Name: Bret E-mail Address: bret@mecf.wustl.edu Organization: CAPITA Washinton University Organization URL: /capita Description: Long range transport, source receptor modeling RecID: BretSchichtel Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BretActivityLog1.html Kevin Lyle Last Name: Lyle First Name: Kevin E-mail Address: lylekj@televar.com Organization: Windy Prairie Farms Description: How a natural dust storm effects other countries. RecID: KevinLyle Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/KevinActivityLog2.html Kelly Redmond Last Name: Redmond First Name: Kelly E-mail Address: krwrcc@dri.edu Organization: Western Regional Climate Center Organization URL: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu Description: Whatever happens in the atmosphere over the West. RecID: KellyRedmond Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/KellyActivityLog1.html Tad Anderson Last Name: Anderson First Name: Tad E-mail Address: tadand@u.washington.edu Organization: University of Washington Description: Research Scientist, aerosol optics, chemistry, and global impacts RecID: TadAnderson Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/TadActivityLog1.html Steven Sakiyama Last Name: Sakiyama First Name: Steven E-mail Address: ssakiyam@epdiv1.env.gov.bc.ca Organization: British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Description: The April 27 - May 1 haze event in southern BC RecID: StevenSakiyama Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/StevenActivityLog1.html Russ Schnell Last Name: Schnell First Name: Russ E-mail Address: schnell@mloha.mlo.hawaii.gov Organization: Mauna Loa Observatory, CMDL/NOAA Organization URL: http://mloserv.mlo.hawaii.gov/ Description: Monitoring aerosols and gases in the free troposphere. Each spring MLO receives Asian Dust flows which may number up to 25 over the March May period. MLO was ready for this dust storm but it passed a bit too far north to give us much of a signal. RecID: RussSchnell Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RussActivityLog1.html john porter Last Name: porter First Name: john Personal URL: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/porter E-mail Address: jporter@soest.hawaii.edu Organization: SOEST, University of Hawaii Organization URL: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu Description: I am involved in validating satellite aerosol algorithms and development of new algorithms. RecID: johnporter Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/johnActivityLog2.html Barry Huebert Last Name: Huebert First Name: Barry Personal URL: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty_html/huebert2.html E-mail Address: huebert@soest.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii Organization URL: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography Description: Thanks for putting all that information together on your web page. My atmospheric chemistry students and I are finding it very stimulating. Interests: the ACE-Asia experiment, in 2000 and 2001. One of our interests is the evolution of Asian dust as it moves over the Pacific and the extent of the impact of Asia on the Pacific atmosphere and ocean. RecID: BarryHuebert Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BarryActivityLog1.html Rich Arimoto Last Name: Arimoto First Name: Rich E-mail Address: arimoto@cemrc.org Organization: CEMRC/New Mexico State University Organization URL: http://www.cemrc.org Description: Source regions for Asian dust, long-range transport, air/sea exchange, biogeochemical cycles. RecID: RichArimoto Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RichActivityLog1.html Joseph Hennessey Last Name: Hennessey First Name: Joseph E-mail Address: jhenness@arb.ca.gov Organization: California Air Resources Board Meteorology Description: I'm interested in the dust event because we have gotten a lot of calls from people wondering about the haze over California. We in the Meteorology Section are interested in using satellite imagery to track the movement of smoke from wildfires and prescribe burns. RecID: JosephHennessey Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JosephActivityLog1.html John Merrill Last Name: Merrill First Name: John Personal URL: N/A E-mail Address: jmerrill@boreas.gso.uri.edu Organization: CACS/Graduate School of Oceanography Organization URL: http://euros.gso.uri.edu Description: We do research on the meteorology of long range transport and the impacts on the oceans and on climate. I learned about the big dust storm from Scott Bachmeier. These displays of images and data are wonderful. I plan to share some meteorological analyses about this sequence, but it may be weeks before we can delve into this. RecID: JohnMerrill Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JohnActivityLog1.html Jim Conel Last Name: Conel First Name: Jim E-mail Address: James.E.Conel@jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Description: Observations of Chinese Dust in LA Basin and Mojave Desert. I first became aware of dust on morning of 4/28, preparing to join colleague and travel to Edwards AFB in Mojave Desert. Naturally thought it would be windy, but surprised to find calm winds but persistent high haze at Edwards. Source then became a puzzle and was very surprised to learn later of the Chinese origin. Late in afternoon a very dense pall of stuff rolled into Mojave Basin from northwest, which I took to be Central Valley pollution coming over hills carried by prevaining winds. Wednesday morning Mark Helmlinger had presence of mind to set up Reagan solar radiometer, so possibly we have several hours of uncontaminated(?) extinction data to estimate particle size. Wednesday night Mark also set up a CIMEL instrument and an MFRSR (diffuse/ direct) radiometer from which we may with extreme luck be able to get phase function and refractive index. I suspect however that we were a little late with the latter two instruments, because Thursday dawned foggy and remains the same at present (noon). Exciting event and thanks for the wonderful satellite pictures. RecID: JimConel Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/JimActivityLog1.html Santiago Gasso' Last Name: Gasso' First Name: Santiago Personal URL: http://cargsun2.atmos.washington.edu/~santiago E-mail Address: santiago@atmos.washington.edu Organization: Geophysics Program / Atmospheric Sc. Dept. Organization URL: http://atmos.washington.edu Description: Remote Sensing of aerosols: validation of aerosol satellite measurements, radiative transfer of aerosols, long range transport of aerosols, airborne measurements of aerosols, aerosols and hygrospicity RecID: SantiagoGasso' Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/SantiagoActivityLog1.html Ronald Miller Last Name: Miller First Name: Ronald E-mail Address: rmiller@geg.noaa.gov Organization: National Weather Service, Spokane WA Organization URL: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/spokane RecID: RonaldMiller Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RonaldActivityLog1.html Fang Li Last Name: Li First Name: Fang E-mail Address: lf@linux2.iap.ac.cn Organization: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Description: Remote sensig of aerosol properties, aerosol optical depth pattern, atmospheric correction to satellite data. RecID: FangLi Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/FangActivityLog1.html Walter Rogers Last Name: Rogers First Name: Walter E-mail Address: zlacwsu@qnet.com Description: Meteorologist in Charge (NWS) Los Angeles Center Weather Service Unit Palmdale, CA. We support the FAA's Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, CA. My interest is in becoming more familiar with long distance aerosol events that affect flying visibility in the Mojave Desert. I am also very familiar with soaring meteorologisty over the Mojave Desert, Owens Valley and SW Nevada. RecID: WalterRogers Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/WalterActivityLog1.html Mark Helmlinger Last Name: Helmlinger First Name: Mark E-mail Address: mch@jord.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - MISR Project Organization URL: http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov Description: Optical/Near IR sunphotometry measurements from JPL, Pasadena, CA. concurrent with Lidar and possibly CIMEL/MFRSR RecID: MarkHelmlinger Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/MarkActivityLog1.html Stefan Falke Last Name: Falke First Name: Stefan Personal URL: /People/SFalke/home.html E-mail Address: stefan@mesun4.wustl.edu Organization: CAPITA, Washington University Organization URL: / Description: Aerosol pattern, website maintenance RecID: StefanFalke Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/StefanActivityLog1.html Kevin Durkee Last Name: Durkee First Name: Kevin E-mail Address: kdurkee@aqmd.gov Organization: South Coast Air Quality Management District Organization URL: http://www.aqmd.gov Description: I am involved in event forecasting and regulatory issues related to particulate air quality in Southern California, including prescribed fire management and the characterization of windblown dust events. The South Coast AQMD has an extensive surface monitoring network that includes PM10, PM2.5 and TSP measurements. I observed some potential effects of the Asian dust event in the eastern Sierra Mountains and in Metropolitan Los Angeles over the past couple of days. RecID: KevinDurkee Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/KevinActivityLog1.html Annmarie Eldering Last Name: Eldering First Name: Annmarie E-mail Address: eldering@atmos.ucla.edu Organization: UCLA, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences Organization URL: http://www.atmos.ucla.edu Description: I'm interested in atmospheric aerosols and thier effects on visibility, radiation, and atmospheric chemistry. My work began with urban air pollution and is steadily moving higher into the atmosphere and into larger domains. I'm currently involved in projects to exploit remote sensing techniques for the study of aerosols. RecID: AnnmarieEldering Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/AnnmarieActivityLog1.html Forrest Mims Last Name: Mims First Name: Forrest E-mail Address: fmims@aol.com Organization: Sun Photometer Atmospheric Network (SPAN) Description: 1. Annual observations at Mauna Loa Observatory (May) since 1992. 2. Daily AOT observations in South Texas since 1990. 3. Smoke-related research during burning season in Brazil for University of Sao Paulo and NASA (1995 and 1997). 4. Measurement of forest fire smoke in Western U.S. for NASA (1996). 5. Measurement of African and Mexican dust events arriving over Texas. RecID: ForrestMims Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ForrestActivityLog1.html Scott Bachmeier Last Name: Bachmeier First Name: Scott Personal URL: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb E-mail Address: scottb@planck.ssec.wisc.edu Organization: CIMSS, University of Wisconsin - Madison Organization URL: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu Description: satellite meteorology, long-range atmospheric transport RecID: ScottBachmeier Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ScottActivityLog1.html David Tratt Last Name: Tratt First Name: David Personal URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/lidar E-mail Address: dmt@lrs.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Organization URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Description: The JPL Laser Remote Sensing Group operates backscatter lidar systems from its site at Pasadena, Calif. We have a long- standing interest in the optical properties, microphysics, long-term and seasonal behavior of atmospheric aerosols. RecID: DavidTratt Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/DavidActivityLog1.html Rudolf Husar Last Name: Husar First Name: Rudolf Personal URL: /capita/People/rhusar/rhusar.html E-mail Address: rhusar@mecf.wustl.edu Organization: CAPITA Wahington University Organization URL: /capita/ Description: Aerosol pattern, transport, web-based collaboration. RecID: RudolfHusar Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RudolfActivityLog1.html Bryan Van Hook Last Name: Van Hook First Name: Bryan Personal URL: http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~bv2 E-mail Address: bv2@cec.wustl.edu Organization: Washington University Organization URL: http://www.wustl.edu/ Description: Website Development RecID: BryanVanHook Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BryanActivityLog1.html
Technical Forum

JGR Special Issue

Title: JGR Special Issue
Description: I am in the final stages of preparing a paper for the JGR special issue (Jan 1 deadline) on the April 1998 Event in the Vancouver Region. In that paper we examine elemental signatures of PM and compare them to those obtained in Hawaii and elsewhere. We also estimate the contribution of Asian dust to the local photochemical smog episode that occurred simultaneously in the region. Finally, we use a mesoscale model (MC2) to track the Dust plume over the region and its mixing into the PBL. I am interested to know of others who are submitting to this issue and in particular the material they will be presenting. I would like to simply be able to refer to other papers containing satellite imagery, lidar imagery aircraft data etc. This would keep my paper short and reduce repetition in the special issue. Many thanks.
Submitted by: McKendry Ian
Date: 12/3/99
RecID: Forum.IanMcKendry

Interested in dust transport images for a children�s magazine

Title: Interested in dust transport images for a children�s magazine
Description: I'm the editor of Muse, a science magazine for children 8 to 10 published jointly by the Cricket Magazine Group and Smithsonian Magazine. I read in Science News about the satellite photos of a cloud of Chinese dust and called Tom Cahill to ask whether we can get the images. We like to run an interesting photo on our last page and I'm hoping you have a sequence of false color images that show the cloud crossing the ocean.
Submitted by: Lutz Diana
Date: 12/31/98
RecID: Forum.DianaLutz1

Request to reprint dust images

Title: Request to reprint dust images
Description: Dear Dr. Husar, I'm the editor of Muse, a science magazine for children 8 to 10 published jointly by the Cricket Magazine Group and Smithsonian Magazine. I read in Science News about the satellite photos of a cloud of Chinese dust and called Tom Cahill to ask whether we can get the images. We like to run an interesting photo on our last page and I'm hoping you have a sequence of false color images that show the cloud crossing the ocean.
Best Regards, Diana Lutz Editor, Muse
Submitted by: Lutz Diana
Date: 12/31/98
RecID: Forum.DianaLutz

Lidar Network Observation of Kosa (Asian dust) in Japan

Title: Lidar Network Observation of Kosa (Asian dust) in Japan
Description: Dear Colleagues,
I would like to inform you about the organization of Network observation of Asian dust (Kosa) in Japan with ground-based instruments: lidar, skyradiometer, optical particle counter and etc. We have started this campaign named LINK-J from the spring of 1997. Recently we are reconstructing our web. page in English in the following site: http://info.nies.go.jp:8094/kosapub/ You will find some images and results of the observations. We are hoping to communicate and exchange about Asian dust events in world wide.
Best regards, spokesman of LINK-J: T. Murayama
Submitted by: Murayama Toshiyuki
Date: 10/25/98
RecID: Forum.ToshiyukiMurayama

Other Dust Events

Title: Other Dust Events
Description: One of the specialist at our lab who is looking at the particulate data asks the following:
Regarding the Asian dustcloud project--the particulate data is looking like dust from Asia may have impacted California during prior years as well as this year, though not as heavily as this year.
Do you know of anyone to contact for satellite images or other atmospheric data from prior years which would be relevant to this?
Specifically, samples taken on April 14, 1994; May 1, 1993; and February 23, 1991 are similar to the April 29, 1998 samples in several respects.
Submitted by: Hennessey Joseph
Date: 9/24/98
RecID: Forum.JosephHennessey1

Recent Japanese Workshop on Dust Originating in Inland Asia (China)

Title: Recent Japanese Workshop on Dust Originating in Inland Asia (China)
Description: (Dr. Yabuki has asked me to forward this comment to the discussion. - Tom Gill)
Dear Colleagues,
My name is Sadayo YABUKI, senior researcher of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan. My concern is isotope geochemistry. The Dust Storm Research Group had a symposium entitled "Aeolian dust originated from inland Asia" at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama, Japan, on June 26, 1997. Researchers of various scientific fields concerned with aeolian dust participated in the discussion. Recently a special issue of Journal of Arid Land Studies (Japan) was published by the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies. Articles included in the special issue are as follows. Unfortunately only some of the articles are written in English, but all articles have English abstracts.
Tetsuya TAKEMI (1997): The 5 May 1993 Dust Storm over the Northwestern China and the Environmental Condition of Its Development, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 87-96 (Japanese) takemi@bouhuu.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Masao MIKAMI (1997): Duststorm Observed in the Southern Edge of Taklimakan Desert, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 97-106 (Japanese) mmikami@mri-jma.go.jp
Kenji KAI, Toshikatsu TAKASUGI and Hajime NAKAMUNA (1997): Long Range Transport of the Asian Duststorm (Kosa) Particles Originated from the Taklamakan Desert, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 107-117 (Japanese) kai@info.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Yutaka OBINATA, Fumitake YANAGISAWA, Takashi KOTANI and Akira UEDA (1997): Sulfur Isotope Ratio of Non-sea-salt Sulfate in Dry Deposition in Tsuruoka and Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 119-126 (Japanese) sj340@kdeve.kj.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Sadayo YABUKI, Akihiko OKADA, Akira UEDA, Qing CHANG and Zi-Li FAN (1997): Sulfur Isotope Study of Salt Materials in Saline Lands and Salt Deposits around the Desert Areas in Xinjiang, China, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 127-138 (English) syabuki@postman.riken.go.jp
Masatoshi HONDA and Hiroshi SHIMIZU (1997): Study of Transport Mechanism of Aeolian Sediments from the Taklimakan Desert: Implication of Grain-Size Distribution and Major-Element Comoposition, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 139-146 (English) honda@sci.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Soung-An Kwon, Yasunobu IWASAKA, Katsuji MATSUNAGA and Takashi SHIBATA (1997): Long Rang Transport of Kosa Aerosol Measured by Lidar in Spring 1994, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 147-155 (Japanese) kwon@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Yasunobu IWASAKA et al. (1997): Aerosol Particles in the Asian Continental Atmosphere: Balloon-borne, Aircraft-borne, and Lidar Measurements in Japan and China, J.A.L.S. , 7-2, 157-167 (English) iwasaka@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
If you are interested in these articles, please contact with me or each author by e-mail.
Sadayo YABUKI The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 JAPAN Tel:+81-48-467-9360 Fax:+81-48-462-4654 E-mail:syabuki@postman.riken.go.jp
Submitted by: Gill Tom
Date: 5/27/98
RecID: Forum.TomGill1

Would you like watch another dust in storm in Western?

Title: Would you like watch another dust in storm in Western?
Description: On the May 20 98 SeaWiFS image a new dust storm is visible. It seems to be originating from same Xinjang region in Western China as the BigDust in April. Of course I have no idea what it will turn into. At this time it does not seem to be monstrous; on May 20th it was only about 500 miles in size. The access to the SeaWiFS is described briefly on a separate page. I will now have to get back to my day-job, so I will not do much with this storm but I would like to encourage others to use this Forum to share their observations or thoughts on this or other events they may observe.
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 5/21/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar7 MarithReheis1
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/MarithActivityLog2.html

Organization: USGS, Geologic Division, Global Change and Climate History Team

Interests and Activities: One of our groups is working in cooperation with the biological community to understand the interactions among eolian erosion, deposition, soil composition and fertility, plant communities, and the formation of cryptobiotic crusts under different land-use conditions in the Colorado Plateau region. In addition, I have been monitoring dust deposition throughout the Mojave Desert since 1984; that data is available via anonymous ftp at: http://geochange.er.usgs.gov. We have just installed three stations that monitor meteorological, soil, sand-movement, and dust-deposition parameters at three sites in the Canyonlands region.

Reheis , Marith mreheis@usgs.gov ,

How to provide pictures and information to this website?

Title: How to provide pictures and information to this website?
Description: I am having our slides of the unusual dust in Utah seen on May 3rd (see comment below) scanned into JPG format. Shall I send them to you as an e-mail attachment to add to the Gobi dust web site, or should we post them on our server?--haven't done that before, but I'm sure we could figure it out.
Submitted by: Reheis Marith
Date: 5/20/98
RecID: Forum.MarithReheis2 RichardReynolds
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/RichardActivityLog1.html

Organization: US Geological Survey

Interests and Activities: Working on the project (see description by Marith Reheis) to link surficial geologic processes with desert ecosystem processes. Identification of eolian components and sources in surficial deposits using magnetic and petrologic methods.

Hansen , Tony TonyHansen@Mageesci.com ,

Dust samples from Utah

Title: Dust samples from Utah
Description: We were able to retrieve samples from two sites where we had erected Frisbee-type dust samplers on May 2nd and 4th (see comment below) in Canyonlands, Utah. The samples were retrieved within one week after the passage of a dust cloud that might have been from the Gobi dust storm. We'd love to be able to compare the composition of whatever we got with the real thing, using a microprobe-microbeam technique that is non-destructive. Has anyone sampled the aerosol from the cloud, and if so would it be possible to collaborate on analyses? It would be very exciting to document the presence of dust from the Gobi Desert in central Utah!
Submitted by: Reheis Marith
Date: 5/20/98
RecID: Forum.MarithReheis1

New Website on Smoke from Central American Fires

Title: New Website on Smoke from Central American Fires
Description: Responding to strong urging from our EPA sponsors we have set up another intrective website Smoke from Central American Fires . The 1998 Central American fires are much more intense than the usual springtime fires in the region and thick palls of smoke have drifted into the U.S. Gulf states.The measured smoke concentrations have exceeded the air quality standard for particulate matter and this has triggered emergency air quality management responses, including public health alerts. So here we go, de ja vou, all over again...(but in my hart there will never be website and community like this one). Interested? The new website needs you, the interactive pros...
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 5/15/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar6

Anecdotal reports of health effects

Title: Anecdotal reports of health effects
Description: I would like to encourage the technical forum readers to involve the health and medical community in the discussion. Any reports of health effects consequences would be of interest to examination of the possible effects of high concentrations of the coarse particle "tail." Clearly, it is important to consider opportunities to exploit such signals (including the Yucatan fires).
Submitted by: Bachmann John
Date: 5/14/98
RecID: Forum.JohnBachmann

A really bad aerosol day over North Amarica

Title: A really bad aerosol day over North Amarica
Description: May 9 1998 was a really bad aerosol day over North America. The Asian smoke pall has arrived to Canada just north of Vancouver - more Asian smoke is approaching the Pacific Coast. The Yucatan/Guatemala fires are still raging and a thick smoke from there has drifted over the Southwestern US. A smoke layer has also blanketed much of Eastern Canada from fires east of the Canadian Rockies. What kind of a neighborhood is this anyway?
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 5/10/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar5

Smoke over the East Pacific from East Asia on the Doorstep of N America

Title: Smoke over the East Pacific from East Asia on the Doorstep of N America
Description: A smoke pall has been approaching N. America from Northern China/Mongolia? On the SeaWiFS image, the smoke is bluish in color. The GOES9 image comfirms the haze pall. I have been tracking the smoke from the China coast, but did not think that it will make it to NAM. The resulting aerosol concentrations should be lower then during The Dust Event. Also, it is not clear if it will subside to the ground. Will someone pick up monitoring this piece of smoke? I am getting a bit worn down.
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 5/9/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar4

Availability of SeaWifs Data

Title: Availability of SeaWifs Data
Description: I have used older GOES and Landsat images, along with some of our digital change detection procedures that includes both geometric and radiometric calibration, to detect and map dust storms and vegetation changes in the southwestern United States. We are in the process of starting to expand the project to use new GOES data and, hopefully, data from other new imaging systems to investigate dust storms and areas vulnerable to aeolian erosion. Because of the spectral bands available on SeaWifs I would like to include some of these images in our analysis. Can you tell me how I can get digital SeaWifs images for the southwestern United States?
I am enjoying the Asian Dust web page and look forward to working with some of the high radiometric/new GOES images in our change detection work to help map the distribution and amounts of dust in this event.
Submitted by: Chavez Pat
Date: 5/8/98
RecID: Forum.PatChavez

Sighting of Asian dust in Utah??

Title: Sighting of Asian dust in Utah??
Description: On May 3rd in the late afternoon several of us were driving out from a remote area of Canyonlands N.P. (having just installed meteorological and dust-deposition instruments in a never-grazed part of the park) when we observed a massive high-altitude haze building in the west-southwest (south of and over the Henry Mountains) in what had been pristinely clean sky. Winds were light and no apparent ground sources were visible. We took some photographs in the late afternoon and watched as it spread to the east-northeast. By the next morning the haze had moved on and was visible over the La Sal Mountains to the east. Does anybody know if we were on the path of one of the arms of the Asian dust storm? If so we can provide some ground pictures to document it. In addition, we need to know ASAP because if this was Asian dust, our just-installed (on May 2 and May 4) Frisbee dust samplers may have caught it and we should grab samples before they are contaminated with local stuff.
Submitted by: Reheis Marith
Date: 5/7/98
RecID: Forum.MarithReheis Alan vanarsdale.alan@epamail.epa.gov , ID: AlanVanArsdale
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/AlanActivityLog1.html

Organization: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Interests and Activities: Involved in [proposed] Advanced Monitoring Initiatives (as EPA Regional staff) to help develop air pollution/satellite technologies, PMf monitoring activites, atmospheric chemistry, data assessment.

Jaffe ,

Great to see this page! Maybe some Shuttle images?

Title: Great to see this page! Maybe some Shuttle images?
Description: Dear Colleagues,
It's great to find out about this web site. I too have been sort of following this dust event for the last few weeks, and just recently have been made aware of this site. As the "dust man" in my group, I was made aware of this event by Richard Peterson, Dept. Chairman at Texas Tech, who had seen the CNN footage: the same day, I received the following email message from my Russian colleague Vladimir Smirnov:
"> > > Dear Thomas, > > > Do you know about dust storm that started > > > yesterday at Central China. So far, our TV news channel has showed the large > > > dust fallout at Russian forest city Arseniev near Vladivostok."
Since then, I've been trying to track down data, and immediately got in touch with my colleague Justin Wilkinson, at NASA in Houston- he's the guy who tells the Space Shuttle astronauts when there are interesting geological phenomena which they should photograph. I'll leave it for him to chip in with the details, but he thinks that the Shuttle astronauts may have got both still photos and videos of the dust from several points. Tom Gill
Submitted by: Gill Tom
Date: 5/7/98
RecID: Forum.TomGill

Poor visibility in Idaho forest

Title: Poor visibility in Idaho forest
Description: April 27th, on the way to work I could not figure why it appeared to be so much smoke in the valley, especially to the north. Visibility was poor past 18 kilometers. Throughout the week I found that there were some prescribed fires to the west and north, but not enought to cause this problem. Since Iam the Forest air program manager and have a IMPROVE PM 2.5 and ozone monitoring site at 9,000 feet, I wanted to know the cause. I found out about the China dust Wed. Pm, from the Idaho DEQ. By the 30th, it started clearing out and on 5/1, a pressure front passed cleaning up the valley. Our forest is part of the IMPROVE network and Iam interested in all air related impacts to our area. I have an on-going program with Dr. Larry St. Clair with BYU, in Utah for biomonitoring with lichens to check the air chemistry on our forest. The forest I work on is the Salmon & Challis NF, and includes the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. All smoke & dust from the west follows the Main Salmon River eastward and impacts the Salmon Valley on the east side of the state. Salmon is located approx. 114 degrees west longitude & 45 deg. 11 min. north. Today at noon, on 5/4, visibility is poor (18 km)to the north and east, fair 8 km and good 3 km. The 700 mb maps from WRCC and Purdue show winds from SW Canada. According to FIRE dispatch contain large amounts of smoke from Canada and it is impacting us and also the Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana, to the north. Special thanks to Mr. Husar for the Global dust inf. The local people say that it is a small planet after all.
Submitted by: Jackson Gary
Date: 5/6/98
RecID: Forum.GaryJackson1

The Asian Dust hits the CAPITA web server!

Title: The Asian Dust hits the CAPITA web server!
Description: The CAPITA website has exprienced a major burst of visits last Thursday/Friday, April 29th. The daily hits have jumped from a steady 5000/day to 25,000/day during the early Asian Dust Event days. Virtually the entire increase was due to the extra visits to the Dust webpages but there was also an 'owerflow' of interest/visits to other CAPITA web-domains. If you see a yellow arch across the the Pacific on the front page, we have managed to sell some ad space to McDonalds...:)
Submitted by: Juric Sasha
Date: 5/5/98
RecID: Forum.SashaJuric

Particle Size of The Dust

Title: Particle Size of The Dust
Description: An Associated Press release on the dust closes by saying that most of the dust particles were smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter. Where does such information come from? Our experience at MLO is that the Asian dusts contain a lot of particles in the 10 micron diameter range and larger. 30 micron diameter particles are frequent. Possibly the total number of 2.5 micron particles dominate but the mass peak is probably closer to 10 microns.
Submitted by: Schnell Russ
Date: 5/4/98
RecID: Forum.RussSchnell1

Visual observations of dust

Title: Visual observations of dust
Description: For at least the past week the normally very blue sky over Reno has been notably milky and washed out. During a Monday flight (appr 9 am) to LAX on a "sunny" day, it was difficult to see the ground. Even flying over Yosemite, it was difficult to make out Mono Lake. We were at 29,000 feet, according to the pilot, and there appeared to be considerable dust up to at least that altitude. I was very puzzled by this phenomena, and would have observed more carefully if I had known of its origin, which I had guessed might be some sort of unknown large fires, although there had been no news coverage of such.
Submitted by: Redmond Kelly
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.KellyRedmond

Pacific NW observations

Title: Pacific NW observations
Description: We have been measuring aerosol optics and chemistry at NW tip of WA state for last two months. The dust pall descended over WA Wed April 29 (was aloft previous two days) in high pressure system that persists today (May 1). It arrived in force at our coastal station on Wed, but with Easterly winds so that, unfortunately, it is mixed in with local (Puget Sound) pollution. Still, it is a very distinct event. We see high light scattering by super-micron particles (about 25 Mm-1 at 550 nm) while normal polluted airmasses arriving at our station from the east have virtually no coarse mode. We will have PIXE analysis of size-segreated Drum samples eventually, which should show the extent of crustal contribution. Western Washington has been has been under a pall for several days now, with visibility below 20 km and notably colorless sun sets and sunrises.
Submitted by: Anderson Tad
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.TadAnderson

elevated PM10/PM2.5 in southerm British Columbia

Title: elevated PM10/PM2.5 in southerm British Columbia
Description: >I am a staff scientist with the British Columbia, Ministry of the >Environment. I am investigating the underlying causes of the >particulate matter event we have experienced over the past few days. > >In southern British Columbia, inluding the east coast of Vancouver Is, >has been experiencing elevated PM10 levels for the past few days. We >have real time PM10 monitoring data throughout this area (hourly PM10 >and PM2.5) that shows a dramatic increase in PM. Other than some >presribed burns, I am trying to figure out why the levels were so >elevated over such a wide area. > >It has been unseasonably warm and calm. The possibility that dust from >China, based on the descriptions of the transport pathways, may be >contributing to this episode is intriuging. I'm wondering what you >would suggest that I might do to link the dust storm with the PM event >that we observed here. I'll try a closer examination of the sattelite >photos - anything else. If you are interested, I could make our data >available to you. > >Steve Sakiyama >Air Resources Branch >BC Ministry of Environment >Victoria, British Columbia. >(250) 387-9942 >ssakiyam@epdiv1.env.gov.bc.ca
Submitted by: Sakiyama Steven
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.StevenSakiyama

Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) and Asian Dust

Title: Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) and Asian Dust
Description: Each spring MLO receives Asian Dust flows which may number up to 25 over the March May period. MLO was ready for this dust storm but it passed a bit too far north to give us much of a signal.
Submitted by: Schnell Russ
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.RussSchnell

Learning Experience

Title: Learning Experience
Description: Thanks for putting all that information together on your web page. My atmospheric chemistry students and I are finding it very stimulating.
Submitted by: Huebert Barry
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.BarryHuebert

Future Analysis

Title: Future Analysis
Description: I learned about the big dust storm from Scott Bachmeier. These displays of images and data are wonderful. I plan to share some meteorological analyses about this sequence, but it may be weeks before we can delve into this.
Submitted by: Merrill John
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.JohnMerrill

Haze in California

Title: Haze in California
Description: I'm interested in the dust event because we have gotten a lot of calls from people wondering about the haze over California.
Submitted by: Hennessey Joseph
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.JosephHennessey1

Eye Witness

Title: Eye Witness
Description: I observed some potential effects of the Asian dust event in the eastern Sierra Mountains and in Metropolitan Los Angeles over the past couple of days.
Submitted by: Durkee Kevin
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.KevinDurkee1

Need groud thruth aerosol data from the Pacific states!

Title: Need groud thruth aerosol data from the Pacific states!
Description: OK web-dusters, the debris (as in dust) is hitting the fan! Yesterday I talked to Associated Press, today Voice of America � but I am getting a bit nervous here. Missing the 'ground truth', as the NASA types would say, the independent confirmation. Are there any monitoring data out there for the Western states? PM samples, lidar, turbidity, whatever.
If you have trouble web-posting it, we can help, send me e-mail. Thanks.
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar3

I'll be back - the dust says to S California.

Title: I'll be back - the dust says to S California.
Description: Bulletin (May 1,98): GOES10 and SeaWiFS images from April 30 suggest that a new batch of dust is over Southern California - this time arriving swiftly from the from the south-southwest.
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 5/1/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar2

Smoke from prescribed burns.

Title: Smoke from prescribed burns.
Description: At the Air Resources Board in Sacramento we have heard that there may have been several large prescribed burns this week in Oregon, Idaho and Washington.
If so, I wonder if we can tell the difference between smoke from these burns and Chinese dust and estimate where the smoke went?
If we are able to get any details on how much was burned and when and where, I'll post the information here.
Submitted by: Hennessey Joseph
Date: 4/30/98
RecID: Forum.JosephHennessey Walter zlacwsu@qnet.com , ID: WalterRogers
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/WalterActivityLog1.html

Interests and Activities: Meteorologist in Charge (NWS) Los Angeles Center Weather Service Unit Palmdale, CA. We support the FAA's Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, CA. My interest is in becoming more familiar with long distance aerosol events that affect flying visibility in the Mojave Desert. I am also very familiar with soaring meteorologisty over the Mojave Desert, Owens Valley and SW Nevada.

Helmlinger , Mark

Altitude of dust

Title: Altitude of dust
Description: Like many who have commented, we here in eastern Washington are experiencing an unusual haze episode. We've had a strong subisdence inversion for the past 5 days so we've had little or no mixing and approaching record high temps today and tomorrow. So from that standpoint, the usual ag dust/burning and other typical pollutants could be responsible for our haze. But the media has latched onto the Asian dust and the sole source of our haze.
So, what is the likelihood that the Asian dust is contributing? Without knowing much about these type of events, I would have thought that the dust would have been primarily at high altitudes (upper trop) to travel across the Pacific. If this were the case, then I would expect little or no contribution from the Asian dust. But talking with various airports, the PIREPS indicate that the top of our haze layer is about 10,000', with clear air above.
I'd appreciate anyone's "definitive" answer on this so that we can put the guessing to rest. Thanks,
Ron Miller
Submitted by: Miller Ronald
Date: 4/30/98
RecID: Forum.RonaldMiller eldering@atmos.ucla.edu ID: AnnmarieEldering
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/AnnmarieActivityLog1.html

Organization: UCLA, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences

Interests and Activities: I'm interested in atmospheric aerosols and thier effects on visibility, radiation, and atmospheric chemistry. My work began with urban air pollution and is steadily moving higher into the atmosphere and into larger domains. I'm currently involved in projects to exploit remote sensing techniques for the study of aerosols.

Mims , Forrest

Is the dust event past its peak?

Title: Is the dust event past its peak?
Description: Rudy, do you feel that this event is already past its peak?
Submitted by: Tratt David
Date: 4/30/98
RecID: Forum.DavidTratt1
Bachmeier Scott scottb@planck.ssec.wisc.edu , ID: ScottBachmeier
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ScottActivityLog1.html

Organization: CIMSS, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Interests and Activities: satellite meteorology, long-range atmospheric transport

Yellow, muddy rain over Beijing

Title: Yellow, muddy rain over Beijing
Description: About the Dust Storm: It was reported that the dust storm begun from a large area of Gansu Province in northwest China, early morning on April 15th. With strong winds, the surface visibility has declined from 700 meter to below 5 meters. About 36 hours later, muddy rain occured over Beijing. Cars on the highways were gaily decorated with the yellow mud spots after the special shower. More later..
Submitted by: Li Fang
Date: 4/30/98
RecID: Forum.FangLi

Asian Dust over southern and eastern California?

Title: Asian Dust over southern and eastern California?
Description: Thanks for this URL and the info on Asian dust. It is a great resource. It was also very timely.
I arrived to work this morning after a few days in the eastern Sierras to reports of reduced visibility and elevated PM10 measurements in much of California. This was being attributed to large-scale prescribed burns in Idaho, but it appears that the transported dust from China may have had a significant impact.
While driving through Owens Valley on the way to June Lakes on Sunday afternoon (April 26), I noticed a high whitish haze in the sky and reduced visibility of the Sierra-Nevada Mountains that did not appear to be related to local wind-blown dust (i.e., the common Owens Dry Lake dust) or moisture. This persisted for the two days I spent in the mountains.
Upon returning to southern California through the Cajon Pass late yesterday afternoon, I noticed that the visibility in the Los Angeles Basin was poor, as it often is here with a deep marine layer, but there was also more of a brown haze, typical of particulate or nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
Our ozone and NO2 measurements were relatively low yesterday, but several of our continuous PM10 samplers measured slightly elevated concentrations. Bill Wilson at the California Air Resources Board reported that many PM10 measurements throughout the state were above 50 ug/m3 for the 24-hour average. Today (April 29) was a particulate filter sampling day, so we could have better speciation of the particulates after the filters are analyzed (in about 1 month). Our continuous measurements look a little high again today and we have had a couple of calls from the public concerning the poor visibility.
Submitted by: Durkee Kevin
Date: 4/29/98
RecID: Forum.KevinDurkee
Mims Forrest fmims@aol.com , ID: ForrestMims
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ForrestActivityLog1.html

Organization: Sun Photometer Atmospheric Network (SPAN)

Interests and Activities: 1. Annual observations at Mauna Loa Observatory (May) since 1992.
2. Daily AOT observations in South Texas since 1990.
3. Smoke-related research during burning season in Brazil for University of Sao Paulo and NASA (1995 and 1997).
4. Measurement of forest fire smoke in Western U.S. for NASA (1996).
5. Measurement of African and Mexican dust events arriving over Texas.

How did you notice the Asian dust plume?

Title: How did you notice the Asian dust plume?
Description: Hey Scott, how did you notice the Asian dust plume? I have been monitoring the interesting aerosol regions of the world (China, Indochina, Mexico) through SeaWiFS and noticed a big yellow dust front over mainlad China on April 16. It was a smaller dust storm before the big one on the 18th.
Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott
Date: 4/29/98
RecID: Forum.ScottBachmeier1
1. Annual observations at Mauna Loa Observatory (May) since 1992.
2. Daily AOT observations in South Texas since 1990.
3. Smoke-related research during burning season in Brazil for University of Sao Paulo and NASA (1995 and 1997).
4. Measurement of forest fire smoke in Western U.S. for NASA (1996).
5. Measurement of African and Mexican dust events arriving over Texas.

Bachmeier , Scott scottb@planck.ssec.wisc.edu , ID: ScottBachmeier
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/ScottActivityLog1.html

Organization: CIMSS, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Chinese Dust Over South Texas?

Title: Chinese Dust Over South Texas?
Description: A very mild cold front has brought a cloud-free sky, dust (on cars), very large solar aureole, light blue sky and higher than usual measured optical depths.
Is it possible that some of the Chinese dust has arrived here?
Forrest M. Mims III
Submitted by: Mims Forrest
Date: 4/29/98
RecID: Forum.ForrestMims

Description: Dr. Husar, I heard that you might be tracking an Asian dust plume that crossed the Pacific this past week? For your information, I have some GOES-9 images of the early stages of this event at this web page .
Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott
Date: 4/29/98
RecID: Forum.ScottBachmeier

Van Hook , Bryan bv2@cec.wustl.edu , ID: BryanVanHook
Activity Log: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/ActivityLogs/BryanActivityLog1.html

Organization: Washington University

Interests and Activities: Website Development

Dust-alert sent to intersted parties

Title: Dust-alert sent to intersted parties
Description: I am passing information about this event to a series of folk who deal in both in situ measurements of L.A. Basin aerosols and also those of us who collect remotely sensed optical properties on a regular basis.
The Asian dust event that has just encountered our region will be of interest to many of these groups (I'm including those who operate surface sampling networks, since fallout into the PBL is a possibility).
We will be operating our lidar on an intensive basis in order to track the vertical extent of the plume and look forward to comparing our respective findings.
Do you happen to know how long we might expect this event to last?
Submitted by: Tratt David
Date: 4/29/98
RecID: Forum.DavidTratt

Hi, web dusters

Title: Hi, web dusters
Description: I think that we will have fun with this one. Looking forward hearing your ideas.
Submitted by: Husar Rudolf
Date: 4/29/98
RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar
Regulatory Forum 9. In Situ Measurements of the April 98 Dust Title: 9. In Situ Measurements of the April 98 Dust Description: Topics include: Size distribution; mass concentration; chemical composition; optical properties, etc. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar8 8. Remote Sensing of the Dust Event Title: 8. Remote Sensing of the Dust Event Description: Topics include: Detection of the dust event by geostationary and polar orbiting satellites; single wavelength and spectral sensors; lidar detection; sun photometry? Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar7 Modeling of the April 98 Dust Event Title: Modeling of the April 98 Dust Event Description: Topics include: Modeling of emission, transport, transformation and removal processes; simulation of ambiennt concentrations, optical parameters; trajectory analysis, etc Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar6 6. Effects and Implications of the Asian Dust Event Title: 6. Effects and Implications of the Asian Dust Event Description: Topic includes: health effects; materials damage; effects on weather; implication to international policy policy; implication to international science collaboration Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar5 5. Physical, Chemical and Optical Characteristics of the Dust Title: 5. Physical, Chemical and Optical Characteristics of the Dust Description: Topic includes: dust size distribution, chemical composition; optical properties over Asia, Pacific and N. America Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar4 4. Spatial-Temporal Pattern of the Dust Title: 4. Spatial-Temporal Pattern of the Dust Description: Topic includes: Spatial pattern of dust over Asia, Pacific and N. America between April 17 and 31; vertical distribution; temporal pattern Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar3 3. Dust Transformation and Removal Processes Title: 3. Dust Transformation and Removal Processes Description: Topic includes: Changes in size distribution, chemical composition, optical properties; cloud interactions; deposition Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar2 2. Atmospheric Transport of the Dust Title: 2. Atmospheric Transport of the Dust Description: The topic includes: transport near the source; trans-Pacific transport; transport over N. America, horizontal and vertical pathway; mixing Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar1 1. Source and Emission Characteristics of the April 1998 Asian Dust Event Title: 1. Source and Emission Characteristics of the April 1998 Asian Dust Event Description: The topic includes: the meteorological conditions leading to the dust emission; the source region; emission time period; emission rates etc. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Forum.RudolfHusar Are there any image data at IR and thermal bands available for the Asia dust storm Title: Are there any image data at IR and thermal bands available for the Asia dust storm Description: I want to know are there any satellite image data at IR and thermal bands (such as 3.75 micron, 8.5 micron, 11 micron, and 12 micron)available for the Asia dust storm or for dust storms over Sahara desert. If you have some information, please drop me a line at xuepeng@stx.com. Thank you in advance. Submitted by: Zhao Tom Date: 10/27/98 RecID: Forum.TomZhao
Resources Data Trajectories for the Dust Layers Observed by David Tratt, JPL Title: Trajectories for the Dust Layers Observed by David Tratt, JPL DocURL: http://mloserv.mlo.hawaii.gov/laxdust.htm Description: Trajectories initiated on the coordinates of the dust layers observed by David Tratt with the JPL 10.6-micron lidar on April 27, 29, and 30, 1998 flow back to China within 5 to 9 days. Submitted by: Schnell Russ Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RussSchnell Date: 5/19/98 RecID: Body.RussSchnell Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/laxdustCommentFeedback1.html Backscatter profile measurements from JPL, Calif. Title: Backscatter profile measurements from JPL, Calif. DocURL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/lidar/asian_dust.htm Description: These are our 10.6-micron lidar backscatter profiles for the week of April 27. They show the coarse evolution of the dust cloud as it appeared over the lidar site in Pasadena, Calif. More detailed interpretation and comparisons against correlative data are in process. Submitted by: Tratt David Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#DavidTratt Date: 5/6/98 RecID: Body.DavidTratt Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/asian_dustCommentFeedback1.html Aircraft Measurement of the Asian Dust Size Distribution Title: Aircraft Measurement of the Asian Dust Size Distribution DocURL: http://cargsun2.atmos.washington.edu/~santiago/dust/dust.html Description: Last Monday (April 27), the new aircraft (CONVAIR 580) of the CAR Group made a test flight over Cheeka Peek (NW tip of the Olympic Peninsula, WA) area around noon local time. During the ascent to 4.1km, the plane sampled an aerosol layer that it is believed to have originated from the large dust storms that occurred in China during the last week. Submitted by: Gasso' Santiago Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#SantiagoGasso' Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.SantiagoGasso' Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/dustCommentFeedback1.html Sun Photometer Turbidity Measurements of the Dust at Reno, NV Title: Sun Photometer Turbidity Measurements of the Dust at Reno, NV DocURL: http://unr.edu:80/homepage/daved/allAOT.html Description: I was in the process of taking sun photometer measurements during April 17 through 29 in Reno for a measurements class. Although I dont't have complete coverage over that time period I did measure high AOT starting on April 25 in the range 0.3 to 0.5 at 525 nm. For more information and a summary of the data if anyone is interested. Submitted by: DuBois Dave Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#DaveDuBois Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.DaveDuBois Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/allAOTCommentFeedback1.html Aerosol weather data on the web Title: Aerosol weather data on the web DocURL: /ASIA-FarEast/Resources/Images/DustPath.gif Description: This is a list of web links that I use to check out the global daily aerosol situation. I have been doing that since about February 98. Sofar it has been a truly aerosol-rich season. SeaWiFS is absolutly mmmarevelous - a digital camera snapping color pictures of the world daily! I know this list should be better annotated ...but I wanted to share it while I still have people's attention :). Am I missing any good on-line aerosol weather links? Use the comment/feedback page button on this entry. Thanks. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/1/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FarEast/Resources/Images/DustPathCommentFeedback2.html Images Visual dust stratus comparison to no dust sky (59k @172dpi) Title: Visual dust stratus comparison to no dust sky (59k @172dpi) DocURL: http://www.mallard-design.com/jpgs/dust_may_3_1998.jpg Description: Normal sky photo pasted into a photo taken from the same Pacific Northwest peak. Anyone know how to use a photograph for 'remote sensing' ?? (59k @172dpi) Submitted by: Mallard Tom Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#TomMallard Date: 5/20/98 RecID: Body.TomMallard Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/dust_may_3_1998CommentFeedback1.html GOES-9 Image of North America on May 10, 1998 Title: GOES-9 Image of North America on May 10, 1998 DocURL: /DataWarehouse/Datasets/Goes9/vis/9805101500AsiaCanMexFire.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/11/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar17 Comment/Feedback URL: /DataWarehouse/Datasets/Goes9/vis/9805101500AsiaCanMexFireCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Image of Dust Cloud on April 24 Title: SeaWiFS Image of Dust Cloud on April 24 DocURL: /datawarehouse/datasets/seawifs/images/980424cpacificdust2.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/11/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar16 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/datasets/seawifs/images/980424cpacificdust2CommentFeedback2.html SeaWiFS Image of Dust Cloud on April 19, 1998 Title: SeaWiFS Image of Dust Cloud on April 19, 1998 DocURL: /datawarehouse/datasets/seawifs/images/980419chinadusthaze2.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/10/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar15 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/datasets/seawifs/images/980419chinadusthaze2CommentFeedback1.html GMS-5 Vis Animation of the Dust Storm on April 19, 1998 Title: GMS-5 Vis Animation of the Dust Storm on April 19, 1998 DocURL: /DataWarehouse/Datasets/GMS-5/Animations.980418ch.avi Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/10/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar14 Comment/Feedback URL: /DataWarehouse/Datasets/GMS-5/Animations.980418chCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS May 09 98 image of smoke over Eastern Canada, US and Mexico Title: SeaWiFS May 09 98 image of smoke over Eastern Canada, US and Mexico DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/980509CanUSMexFire.gif Description: SeaWiFS May 09 98 image shows the smoke from Yucatan spreading over the Southeastern US. Separate smoke palls are seen over the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada (originating from western Canada?) Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/10/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar13 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/980509CanUSMexFireCommentFeedback2.html SeaWiFS May 09 98 image of smoke over Eastern Canada, US and Mexico Title: SeaWiFS May 09 98 image of smoke over Eastern Canada, US and Mexico DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/980509CanUSMexFire.gif Description: SeaWiFS May 09 98 image shows the smoke from Yucatan spreading over the Southeastern US. Separate smoke palls are seen over the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada (originating from western Canada?) Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/10/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar12 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/980509CanUSMexFireCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS May 09 98 image of Asian smoke over the North Pacific Coast Title: SeaWiFS May 09 98 image of Asian smoke over the North Pacific Coast DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/980509CanPacifAsiaSmoke.gif Description: The bluish haze over the ocean is smoke from North China emitted a week? earlier. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/10/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar11 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/980509CanPacifAsiaSmokeCommentFeedback1.html GOES 9 May 9 1998 visible image of smoke over N America Title: GOES 9 May 9 1998 visible image of smoke over N America DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/9805091600VIS1.gif Description: GOES 9 May 9 1998 visible image of smoke over N America originating from China, Mexico and Canada. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/10/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar10 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/resources/Images/9805091600VIS1CommentFeedback1.html GOES 9 Visible image 98 05 09 00:44 Asian smoke over the East Pacific Title: GOES 9 Visible image 98 05 09 00:44 Asian smoke over the East Pacific DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/Goes9/vis/9805090044VIS1.gif Description: Smoke cloud from Northern China seen by GOES9 satellite sensor over the East Pacific on the doorstep of North Amarica. The color image is a composite of visible and 10u, IR data. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/9/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar9 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/Goes9/vis/9805090044VIS1CommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS East Pacific 98 05 08, Asian smoke Title: SeaWiFS East Pacific 98 05 08, Asian smoke DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980508EPacific1.gif Description: Smoke cloud from Northern China seen by SeaWiFS satellite sensor over the East Pacific on the doorstep of North Amarica. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/9/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar8 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980508EPacific1CommentFeedback1.html Sunset photos in Reno, NV (April 27 and 28) Title: Sunset photos in Reno, NV (April 27 and 28) DocURL: http://unr.edu/homepage/daved/aotres_sunset.html Description: Here's some ground truth photos you can see for yourself. Included are sunset photos shot during April 27 and 28 in Stead, NV. The scanner put a little too much bias in the red but they're close to the original photos. Submitted by: DuBois Dave Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#DaveDuBois Date: 5/6/98 RecID: Body.DaveDuBois Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/aotres_sunsetCommentFeedback1.html CNN Geographic Map of Xinjiang Province, China Title: CNN Geographic Map of Xinjiang Province, China DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/Cnn/Images/ChinaDustMap.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar7 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/Cnn/Images/ChinaDustMapCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Image April 25, 1998, West Coast Dust Title: SeaWiFS Image April 25, 1998, West Coast Dust DocURL: /Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980425WCoastDust.gifhttp:// Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar6 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/980425WCoastDustCommentFeedback1.html GOES 10 Image April 28, 1998, China Dust Title: GOES 10 Image April 28, 1998, China Dust DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/GOES/Images/9804280045G10M.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar5 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/GOES/Images/9804280045G10MCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Sequential Image, April 18-27, 1998, Pacific Dust Title: SeaWiFS Sequential Image, April 18-27, 1998, Pacific Dust DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/SeaCompFO.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar4 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/SeaCompFOCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Image April 24, 1998, Pacific Dust Title: SeaWiFS Image April 24, 1998, Pacific Dust DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980424CPacificDust2.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar3 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980424CPacificDust2CommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Image April 20, 1998, China Dust Title: SeaWiFS Image April 20, 1998, China Dust DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980420ChinaDust.gif Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html# Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body. Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980420ChinaDustCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Image April 16, 1998, China Dust Title: SeaWiFS Image April 16, 1998, China Dust DocURL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980416ChinaDust.gif Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar2 Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/Datasets/SeaWiFS/Images/980416ChinaDustCommentFeedback1.html CNN Footage of Xinjiang Dust Storm Title: CNN Footage of Xinjiang Dust Storm DocURL: /ASIA-FarEast/Resources/Images/china_dust_storm_45_1_7.qt Description: On April 20, CNN reported the awesome affects of this intense dust storm in western China. Submitted by: Falke Stefan Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#StefanFalke Date: 5/5/98 RecID: Body.StefanFalke Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FarEast/Resources/Images/china_dust_storm_45_1_7CommentFeedback1.html GOES-9 water vapor cloud tracked winds Title: GOES-9 water vapor cloud tracked winds DocURL: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_wv_ctw_java.html Description: 12-Hourly (00:00, 12:00 UTC) GOES-9 water vapor images and water vapor cloud tracked winds (lower to middle troposphere) from 21-30 April 1998 are available as GIF via anonymous ftp: planck.ssec.wisc.edu (in pub/dust directory) (filename format: yyddmmhh_hiL.gif) Java animation: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_wv_ctw_java.html Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#ScottBachmeier Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.ScottBachmeier3 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/980421-30_wv_ctw_javaCommentFeedback1.html GOES-9 IR cloud tracked winds Title: GOES-9 IR cloud tracked winds DocURL: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_ir_ctw_java.html Description: 12-Hourly (00:00, 12:00 UTC) GOES-9 IR images and IR cloud tracked winds (lower to middle troposphere) from 21-30 April 1998 are available as GIF via anonymous ftp: planck.ssec.wisc.edu (in pub/dust directory) (filename format: yyddmmhh_loL.gif) Java animation: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_ir_ctw_java.html Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#ScottBachmeier Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.ScottBachmeier2 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/980421-30_ir_ctw_javaCommentFeedback1.html GOES-9 visible cloud tracked winds (CORRECTION) Title: GOES-9 visible cloud tracked winds (CORRECTION) DocURL: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_vis_ctw_java.html Description: Daily (00:00 UTC) GOES-9 visible images and visible cloud tracked winds (lower to middle troposphere) from 21-30 April 1998 are available as GIF via anonymous ftp: planck.ssec.wisc.edu (in pub/dust directory) (filename format: yyddmmhh_visL.gif) Java animation: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_vis_ctw_java.html Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#ScottBachmeier Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.ScottBachmeier1 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/980421-30_vis_ctw_javaCommentFeedback2.html GOES-9 visible cloud tracked winds Title: GOES-9 visible cloud tracked winds DocURL: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_vis_ctw_java.html Description: Daily (00:00 UTC) GOES-9 visible images and visible cloud tracked winds (lower to middle troposphere) from 21-30 April 1998 are available as GIF via anonymous ftp: planck.ssec.wisc.edu Java animation: Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#ScottBachmeier Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.ScottBachmeier Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/980421-30_vis_ctw_javaCommentFeedback1.html Daily Aerosol and Met Data During the April 1998 Asian Dust Event Title: Daily Aerosol and Met Data During the April 1998 Asian Dust Event DocURL: /Asia-FarEast/Resources/Images/Apr1528Images.html Description: This is an array of daily images that have been considered relevant to this Asian Dust Event case study. It is hoped that with time there will be many other data layers in this list contributed by the community. Prospective analysts please note: (1) Data/info presented here is to be used freely (if appropriate acknowledge the source) (2) We at CAPITA are simply maintaining this catalog of distributed web resources (3) You are encouraged to use these resources and when you have something to contribute, share it with the 'community' by registering it with this catalog. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/1/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar1 Comment/Feedback URL: /Asia-FarEast/Resources/Images/Apr1528ImagesCommentFeedback1.html Approximate dust path across the Pacific Title: Approximate dust path across the Pacific DocURL: /ASIA-FarEast/Resources/Images/DustPath.gif Description: A map of the approximate dust cloud location during the 8 day transit from Western China to the Pacific Coast based on satellite image analysis. [The 'community' is encouraged to conduct a proper meteorological dust transport analysis.] Evidently this dust event exited China somewhat further north from the average springtime Asian aerosol plume indicated by the contours. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/1/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FarEast/Resources/Images/DustPathCommentFeedback1.html Tools Enhanced Java Animator Title: Enhanced Java Animator DocURL: /tools/Animator/Ani2Info.html Description: An enhanced version of the Java image animator (Ani2) submitted by Scott Bachmeier. The applet now uses an external metadata file to store attributes of the animation (e.g., frame delay, scale dimensions, cropping rectangle, etc.). Submitted by: Van Hook Bryan Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#BryanVanHook Date: 5/28/98 RecID: Body.BryanVanHook Comment/Feedback URL: /tools/Animator/Ani2InfoCommentFeedback1.html Java animation applet (Ani2.class) Title: Java animation applet (Ani2.class) DocURL: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980421-30_ir_ctw_java.html Description: At the request of Rudolf Husar, I have placed the Java class file (Ani2.class) and a template HTML file (template_java.html) into my anonymous ftp area on planck.ssec.wisc.edu (in the pub directory). This Java applet animates a series of GIF images (for example, Ani2 will loop 3 GIF images named image0, image1, and image2 -- filenames must end with a number, and the initial number must be zero). Submitted by: Bachmeier Scott Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#ScottBachmeier Date: 5/11/98 RecID: Body.ScottBachmeier Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/980421-30_ir_ctw_javaCommentFeedback2.html Real-time Environmental Applications and Display System (READY) Title: Real-time Environmental Applications and Display System (READY) DocURL: http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready.html Description: READY is an online source of past, present, and future meteorological data, as well as an interactive trajectory and dispersion modeling server. Submitted by: Schichtel Bret Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#BretSchichtel Date: 5/4/98 RecID: Body.BretSchichtel Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/readyCommentFeedback1.html
Reports Transport Simulation of the April 1998 Chinese Dust Event Title: Transport Simulation of the April 1998 Chinese Dust Event DocURL: /Asia-FarEast/reports/DustMcarloSim/Dust_Mcarlo_Sim.htm Description: Simulation of the horizontal and vertical transport of the Asian dust cloud from April 19 - April 30 using a particle Monte Carlo Model. The simulation is evaluated against TOMS aerosol index and surface PM10 and PM2.5 measurements. Submitted by: Schichtel Bret Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#BretSchichtel Date: 12/5/99 RecID: Body.BretSchichtel Comment/Feedback URL: /Asia-FarEast/reports/DustMcarloSim/Dust_Mcarlo_SimCommentFeedback1.html Aerosol Plumes over Southeast Asia and Transport over the Pacific as seen by SeaWiFS. Title: Aerosol Plumes over Southeast Asia and Transport over the Pacific as seen by SeaWiFS. DocURL: /datawarehouse/datasets/seawifs/asiapacific/ Description: This page contains annotated truecolor images of the aerosol from the SeaWiFS satellite. During the March-May season, Southeast Asia is the most prominent aerosol source region in the world. Biomass smoke, windblown dust and industrial haze all contribute to the East Asian aerosol plume that is clearly visible near the coast as well as over the Pacific almost every day. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 3/25/99 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar3 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/capita.wustlCommentFeedback1.html Online News Report on Asia-Fareast Dust Storm Title: Online News Report on Asia-Fareast Dust Storm DocURL: http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/980722wind/ Description: The web page "disasterrelief.org," which is a "worldwide disaster aid and information service on the Internet," sponsored by CNN, IBM and the Red Cross, has done a nice feature story on the Asia-Fareast Dust Event of last spring. It can be found on the Web at http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/980722wind/ -Tom Gill Submitted by: Gill Tom Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#TomGill Date: 1/29/99 RecID: Body.TomGill3 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/www.disasterreliefCommentFeedback1.html SeaWiFS Observes Transport of Asian Dust Over the Pacific Ocean Title: SeaWiFS Observes Transport of Asian Dust Over the Pacific Ocean DocURL: http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/OCDST/asian_dust.html Description: Compilation of SeaWiFS images showing the progression of the dust transport event from its origin in China to the impingement of the dust cloud on the U.S. West Coast. A brief discussion of possible oceanic effects is included. Submitted by: Acker James Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#JamesAcker Date: 12/29/98 RecID: Body.JamesAcker Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/asian_dustCommentFeedback2.html Web Page on Asian Dust in Lubbock, TX 5-5-98 Title: Web Page on Asian Dust in Lubbock, TX 5-5-98 DocURL: http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/asiadust.html Description: I have put together a little web page with an image of the Asian dust haze as it arrived in Lubbock, Texas on 5-5-98. Go to http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/asiadust.html There are also links to some other new pages with photos of (general) blowing dust events in Lubbock, as well as the Central American smoke event in Lubbock and in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. -Tom Gill Submitted by: Gill Tom Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#TomGill Date: 6/19/98 RecID: Body.TomGill2 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/asiadustCommentFeedback1.html Special session at December 1998 AGU meeting Title: Special session at December 1998 AGU meeting Description: A special session will be held at the December 1998 American Geophysical Union meeting in S.F. which will focus on long range transport of dust and pollutants in both the Pacific and Atlantic regions. The abstract deadline for this meeting is in late August. Watch for detailed information on the fall meeting and this special session at the AGU home page: http://earth.agu.org/ Submitted by: Jaffe Dan Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#DanJaffe Date: 6/19/98 RecID: Body.DanJaffe1 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/CommentFeedback5.html Just a test Title: Just a test DocURL: / Description: test. Submitted by: Van Hook Bryan Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#BryanVanHook Date: 6/18/98 RecID: Body.BryanVanHook Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/www.capita.wustlCommentFeedback1.html Science and Air Quality Management Lessons Learned from the Central American Smoke and Asian Dust Events Title: Science and Air Quality Management Lessons Learned from the Central American Smoke and Asian Dust Events DocURL: /central-america/reports/Lessons/SciMangmtLessons.htm Description: This is a list of 6 observations regarding the Asian dust and Central American smoke events. I have e-mailed this to a number of managers at EPA and other agencies as well as to the people signed-up on the Dust and the Smoke websites. Do not hesitate to express your critical comments or constructive suggestions. Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 6/2/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar2 Comment/Feedback URL: /central-america/reports/Lessons/SciMangmtLessonsCommentFeedback2.html Possible Sighting of Asian Dust in Eastern Utah Title: Possible Sighting of Asian Dust in Eastern Utah DocURL: http://climchange.cr.usgs.gov/info/dust/gobi/ Description: We present descriptive text and photos of unusual haze passing over the area of Canyonlands National Park, eastern Utah, on May 3rd and 4th, which we suspect may be part of the dust cloud that originated in the Gobi Desert in mid-April. Submitted by: Reheis Marith Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#MarithReheis1 Date: 5/27/98 RecID: Body.MarithReheis Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/climchange.cr.usgsCommentFeedback1.html MultiFilter Radiometer Data from Eugene, Oregon Title: MultiFilter Radiometer Data from Eugene, Oregon DocURL: http://Capita.wustl.edu/datawarehouse/datasets/OregonRadiation/Radiation.html Description: On April 27, 1998 in Eugene, Oregon the following optical depths were observed. TOD is total Optical Depth and AOD is Aerosol Optical Depth. Nels Laulainen from Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs estimated the Ozone Optical Depth. The data is from a Y.E.S. multifilter spectral radiometer and was calculated using wband.exe program. Submitted by: Vignola Frank Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#FrankVignola Date: 5/21/98 RecID: Body.FrankVignola1 Comment/Feedback URL: http://Capita.wustl.edu/datawarehouse/datasets/OregonRadiation/RadiationCommentFeedback1.html Back Trajectories for the Dust Episode in the Southwestern British Columbia Title: Back Trajectories for the Dust Episode in the Southwestern British Columbia DocURL: http://CAPITA.WUSTL.EDU/DATAWAREHOUSE/DATASETS/environcanada/backtraj.htm Description: In order to assist the analysis of the particulate episode in southwestern British Columbia, Environment Canada has performed a series of backtrajectories computations. Submitted by: Thomson Bruce Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#BruceThomson Date: 5/20/98 RecID: Body.BruceThomson Comment/Feedback URL: http://CAPITA.WUSTL.EDU/DATAWAREHOUSE/DATASETS/environcanada/backtrajCommentFeedback1.html Preliminary PM10/PM2.5 Measurements at BC Monitoring Stations During Asian Dust Event Title: Preliminary PM10/PM2.5 Measurements at BC Monitoring Stations During Asian Dust Event DocURL: /datawarehouse/datasets/britcomumbia/sakidata.htm Description: Our PRELIMINARY analysis, shows that the event, as defined by a noticeable increase in PM10 and PM2.5 levels, was first detected at the southern mainland sites (Kamloops, Kelowna and Chilliwack). This appeared to occur late Apr. 27/early Apr. 28. Both PM10 and PM2.5 levels increased rapidly again mid-day on April 28. At Nanaimo, PM10 concentrations appeared to trend upward from about April 27, but a large jump in PM10 levels was not observed until late Apr. 29/early Apr. 30. Submitted by: Sakiyama Steven Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#StevenSakiyama Date: 5/20/98 RecID: Body.StevenSakiyama Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/datasets/britcomumbia/sakidataCommentFeedback1.html MultiFilter Radiometer Data from Eugene, Oregon Title: MultiFilter Radiometer Data from Eugene, Oregon DocURL: ftp://solardat.uoregon.edu/data/yesdas_data/ Description: Raw MultiFilter Radiometer data from Eugene, Oregon can be download from this web page. The dust cloud decrease our average direct normal beam insolation by up to 30% and increased the clear day diffuse radiation to 300 W/m^2. This was observed at stations from Boise, Idaho west to Eugene, Oregon. Submitted by: Vignola Frank Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#FrankVignola Date: 5/14/98 RecID: Body.FrankVignola Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/solardat.uoregonCommentFeedback1.html Comments on the Dust Storm by Dr. Weinan Chen Title: Comments on the Dust Storm by Dr. Weinan Chen DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/reports/ChenComments.htm Description: I am posting the following comments from Dr. Weinan Chen. Dr. Chen is a distinguished and accomplished visiting researcher from China, who has many years of experience studing wind erosion, desertification, dust and sand storms and mineral aerosols in interior China, including the Takla Makan Desert region where the Asia-Fareast dust event of April-May 1998 originated. I think it is very valuable to have some perspective from someone who is very familiar with the situation "on the ground" in the source area. Submitted by: Gill Tom Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#TomGill Date: 5/14/98 RecID: Body.TomGill1 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/reports/ChenCommentsCommentFeedback1.html CNN Report of the Dust Storm - Transcript Title: CNN Report of the Dust Storm - Transcript DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/reports/CNNTranscript.TXT Description: For what it's worth, the following transcript was obtained from reports posted on the CNN WORLD REPORT ARCHIVES, at Texas Tech University. For noncommercial, research purposes only. Thanks to Ed Youngblood at Texas Tech University. Submitted by: Gill Tom Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#TomGill Date: 5/14/98 RecID: Body.TomGill Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/reports/CNNTranscriptCommentFeedback1.html Test Title: Test Description: Test Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/13/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar1 Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/CommentFeedback4.html The Dust Event of April 1998 - Slide Show Title: The Dust Event of April 1998 - Slide Show DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/PowerPoint/FrontPage/sld001.htm Description: This is the first draft of the report prepared by the ad hoc community of participants. Comments and feedback is requested. (Click on the Comment/Feedback line below) Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/12/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/PowerPoint/FrontPage/sld001CommentFeedback1.html dust impacts Title: dust impacts Description: I have one first hand report of an asthamatic attack during the week of the "Big Dust". We are now looking more systematically into respiratory issues during this week. It certainly would be amazing if the Asian dust caused respiratory problems in North America. Submitted by: Jaffe Dan Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#DanJaffe Date: 5/12/98 RecID: Body.DanJaffe Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/CommentFeedback3.html The Dust Event of April 1998 - Slide Show Title: The Dust Event of April 1998 - Slide Show DocURL: /ASIA-FAREAST/PowerPoint/FrontPage/sld001.htm Description: This is the first draft of the report prepared by the ad hoc community of participants. Comments and feedback is requested. (Click on the Comment/Feedback line below) Submitted by: Husar Rudolf Sumbitter URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/People/people.html#RudolfHusar Date: 5/12/98 RecID: Body.RudolfHusar Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/PowerPoint/FrontPage/sld001CommentFeedback1.html
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