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The Asian Dust Events of April 1998 - Re-submitted to JGR 00/07/12: The paper has been re-submitted to JGR. The Word.DOC version (8 mb)is here.; Submitted by Husar Rudolf on 7/12/00; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar8; Comment/Feedback URL: /Asia-FarEast/reports/JGR/AsianDustApril1998Rev000704SubHTMLCommentFeedback1.html

The Asian Dust Events of April 1998 - 14 slide presentation: This is a brief 14 slide presentation of the paper The Asian Dust Events of April 1998 which is being revised for submission to JGR.; Submitted by Husar Rudolf on 6/29/00; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar7; Comment/Feedback URL: http://capita.wustlCommentFeedback1.html

The Asian Dust Events of April 1998 - Revised for JGR: This is a revision of the Asian Dust paper submitted to JGR incorporates the feedback of the two JGR reviewers. The authors and other members of this 'virtual community' are encouraged to comment on this draft so that we can re-submit the best possible product.; Submitted by Husar Rudolf on 6/29/00; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar6; Comment/Feedback URL: /Asia-FarEast/reports/JGR/AsianDustEpisodeApril1998RevJun26CommentFeedback1.html

JGR Reviews of the joint paper: Finally, the reviews of our paper "The Asian Dust Event of April 1998" have come in. The paper will require revisions and point-by-point response to the reviewers comments - as expected, we have some work ahead of us. Based on the e-mail response from the authors the discussion regarding the JGR reviews will conducted openly on this website. I am proposing to use the Comment-feedback page attached to this entry to conduct the discussion. BTW, I took the liberty of transferring some of your comments (sent to me by e-mail) to the Comment page.; Submitted by Husar Rudolf on 5/24/00; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar5; Comment/Feedback URL: /Asia-FarEast/reports/JGR/JGRReviews/ReviewsABCommentFeedback1.html

The Asian Dust Events of April 1998: In April 1998, several unusually intense dust storms occurred over the Gobi Desert in Western China and Mongolia. In particular, the storm on April 19, 1998 produced a dust cloud that crossed the Pacific and caused aerosol concentration near the health standard (PM10>150 mg/m3) over much of the West Coast of North America. This paper is a summary was prepared an ad-hoc virtual workgroup and submitted to JGR. Comments using the Comment/Feedback page are most welcome.; Submitted by Husar Rudolf on 1/3/00; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar4; Comment/Feedback URL: /Asia-FarEast/reports/jgr/AsianDustEpisodeApril1998SubmittedCommentFeedback1.html

Transport Simulation of the April 1998 Chinese Dust Event: 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 on 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.: 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 on 3/25/99; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar3; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/capita.wustlCommentFeedback1.html

Online News Report on Asia-Fareast Dust Storm: 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 on 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: 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 on 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: 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 on 6/19/98; RecID: Body.TomGill2; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/asiadustCommentFeedback1.html

Special session at December 1998 AGU meeting: 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 on 6/19/98; RecID: Body.DanJaffe1; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/CommentFeedback5.html

Just a test: test.; Submitted by Van Hook Bryan on 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: 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 on 6/2/98; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar2; Comment/Feedback URL: /central-america/reports/Lessons/SciMangmtLessonsCommentFeedback2.html

Possible Sighting of Asian Dust in Eastern Utah: 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 on 5/27/98; RecID: Body.MarithReheis; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/climchange.cr.usgsCommentFeedback1.html

MultiFilter Radiometer Data from Eugene, Oregon: 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 on 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: 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 on 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: 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 on 5/20/98; RecID: Body.StevenSakiyama; Comment/Feedback URL: /datawarehouse/datasets/britcomumbia/sakidataCommentFeedback1.html

MultiFilter Radiometer Data from Eugene, Oregon: 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 on 5/14/98; RecID: Body.FrankVignola; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/solardat.uoregonCommentFeedback1.html

Comments on the Dust Storm by Dr. Weinan Chen: 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 on 5/14/98; RecID: Body.TomGill1; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/reports/ChenCommentsCommentFeedback1.html

CNN Report of the Dust Storm - Transcript: 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 on 5/14/98; RecID: Body.TomGill; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/reports/CNNTranscriptCommentFeedback1.html

Test: Test; Submitted by Husar Rudolf on 5/13/98; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar1; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/CommentFeedback4.html

The Dust Event of April 1998 - Slide Show: 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 on 5/12/98; RecID: Body.RudolfHusar; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/PowerPoint/FrontPage/sld001CommentFeedback1.html

dust impacts: 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 on 5/12/98; RecID: Body.DanJaffe; Comment/Feedback URL: /ASIA-FAREAST/RemoteCFPages/CommentFeedback3.html