When a Dust Storm Is Not a Dust Storm: Reliability of Dust Records From the Storm Events Database and Implications for Geohealth Applications [PDF]
AbstractWindblown dust impacts human health, air quality, and climate. The National Weather Service Storm Events Database (SED) is a widely used dataset of significant or unusual weather, including dust storms (DS), and resulting deaths, injuries, and material losses in the USA. The SED is frequently used by medical, social, and atmospheric scientists.
Thomas E Gill +2 more
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Asian dust-storm activity dominated by Chinese dynasty changes since 2000 BP [PDF]
How the Asian monsoon, earth surface processes and human development interact is not well known. Here, a new record of dust storm intensity shows a relationship between the stability of dynasties and dust storm activity for the last ~2200 years, which ...
Fahu Chen +13 more
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Sources Tracking of Dust Storms in the Western of Iran (Case Study Kermanshah City) [PDF]
The dust storm is recognized as a global problem which has a large-scale negative impact on the world. Dust strong winds transport them long distances. The dust storm caused a lot of damage to the economy, health and the environment.
Rasol Bagherabadi, Mazaher Moeinaddini
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Dust storm disasters have emerged as a significant environmental challenge in East Asia. However, relying on a single monitoring method to track dust storms presents limitations and can be variable.
Tana Bao +8 more
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Dust storms, observed in all seasons, are among the most momentous of Mars’ atmospheric activities. The Entry–Descent–Landing (EDL) activity of a Martian landing mission is influenced by local atmospheric conditions, especially the probability of dust ...
Bo Li +6 more
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Temporal and Spatial Variations of Dust Days in Western Azarbaijan Province, Determination of The Influencing Factors and Source of Events [PDF]
In addition to the increase in prone areas to wind erosion processes in western Azarbaijan province due to the drying of Lake Urmia, there is a growing concern regarding the intensification of dust storms.
Bahram Choubin +4 more
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The first Mars exploration mission from China (Tianwen-1) was launched on 23 July 2020 with the goal of “orbiting, landing, and roving”. The occurrence of dust storm activities is an important criterion of assessing atmospheric risk for the Tianwen-1 ...
Shaojie Qu +7 more
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FINER-SCALE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF 2016–2021 DUST STORMS DISASTERS IN CHINA BASED ON HIMAWARI-8 SATELLITE IMAGERIES [PDF]
Today, remote sensing is one of the important techniques for natural disasters monitoring. Using the Himawari-8 new generation of geostationary meteorological satellite image data, we identified and monitored 2016–2021 dust storm disasters in China at ...
M. Chen, N. Luo, M. Du
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Characterization of dust-related new particle formation events based on long-term measurement in the North China Plain [PDF]
Mineral dust is a major natural atmospheric aerosol that impacts the Earth's radiation balance. The significant scavenging process of fine particles by the strong wind during the dust episodes provided a relatively clean environment that was favourable ...
X. Shen +21 more
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Study of Atmospheric Pollutants Concentration Correlation with Meteorological Quantities in Bandar Abbas [PDF]
Air pollution and its pollutants affect human health and the environment. Knowing the factors contributing to air pollution is crucial in mitigating its impacts on industrial cities.
Marziyeh Sisipoor +5 more
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