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27 mar 2024 · With the arrival of the Northern Hemisphere spring, many Asian countries are facing an annual problem: dust storms. Late last month, people living in parts of China’s Inner Mongolia saw their...
24 mar 2023 · The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image showing a thick swirl of dust over China’s Harbin, Changchun, and Shenyang provinces on March 22, 2023. Cyclonic atmospheric circulation appears to have sucked dust into and above the clouds.
1 sty 2015 · We develop a three-step approach for the identification of SDS source areas. We map out SDS source areas in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. The SDS source clusters and their main paths in West Asia are identified. Sand and Dust storms are common phenomena in arid and semi-arid areas.
27 wrz 2023 · A dust storm swept across portions of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in mid-September, posing health hazards for many residents in its path.
In May 2019, dust from the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts swirled high into the atmosphere as a spring storm passed through China and Mongolia. Along with Africa and the Middle East, Asia is a major source of atmospheric dust.
16 lis 2023 · We studied and reconstructed a severe Central Asian dust storm of November 4, 2021, through high-resolution TROPOMI UVAI spaceborne observations, ground-based aerosol measurements, and...
1 paź 2012 · Dust/sand storms are common events in the arid and semi-arid regions of Central Asia. The region is characterized by strong winds, scarcity of vegetation cover, continental climate with long and dry summers, frequent soil and atmospheric droughts.
