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See also the Atmospheric Dust Website |
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Tom Gill, April 13, tgill@TTU.EDU |
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Fierce Sandstorms Hit China Western Arid Regions
Alternate link |
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Zev Levin, April 17, zev@hail.tau.ac.il |
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The Chinese Dust Storm – A personal Report |
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Joe Prospero, jprospero@rsmas.miami.edu, |
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April 8 Dust Summary |
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April 17 Dust Summary |
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On April 7, The NRL dust model shows the dust
cloud emerging from the Gobi desert |
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Click o the images for full resolution |
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See full size SeaWiFS images of dust transport
across the Pacific (1.6 mb each) for April 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 |
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TOMS Absorbing Aerosol Index |
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See also the daily TOMS animation, April 6-14 |
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Dust is recognized by the yellow coloration,
compared to bluish sulfate/organic haze. |
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GOES10 (West) view of dust streak on the morning
of Friday 13th |
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The dust plume location from the GOES8 over the
Atlantic is consistent with the dust location over the Midwest on the day
before. |
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K Sassen, ksassen@met.utah.edu |
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Preliminary (hurried) lidar images of the 15
April dust layer over Salt Lake City. |
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The linear depolarization ratios in the surface
to 4.5 km MSL dust layer were ~20%, sometimes ~25%, and up to ~15% aloft.
This is quite high for our region. |
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