Temporal and spatial aspects of blowing dust in the mojave and colorado deserts of southern california, 1973–1994

Physical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-353

  Bach, Andrew J ^a   Brazel, Anthony J ^b   Lancaster, Nicholas ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowing dust; Colorado Desert; Dust storms; Mojave desert; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; PRECIPITATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND BLOW DUST; WIND BLOWN DUST;

USA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO DESERT; USA, CALIFORNIA, MOJAVE DESERT;

EID: 0030316539     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1996.10642589     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Beatley, J.C. (1974) Effects of rainfall and temperature on the distribution and behavior of Larrea tridentata (Creosote-bush) in the Mojave Desert of Nevada. Ecology, Vol. 55, 245-261.
2. Bureau of Land Management (1991) Desert Conservation, a Management Showcase. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. Bowers, M.A. (1987) Precipitation and the relative abundances of desert winter annuals: A 6-year study in the northern Mojave Desert. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 12,141-149.
4. Brazel, A.J. (1989) Dust and climate in the American Southwest. M. Leinen and M. Sarnthein, eds., Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport. Amsterdam: Kluwer, 65-96.
5. Brazel, A.J., and Nickling, W.G. (1986) The relationship of weather types to dust storm generation in Arizona. Journal of Climatology, Vol. 6, 255-275.
6. Brazel, A.J., and Nickling, W.G. (1987) Dust storms and their relation to moisture in the Sonoran-Mojave Desert region of the south-western United States. Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 24, 279-291.
7. Brazel, A.J., and Nickling, W.G., and Lee, J. (1986) Effect of antecedent moisture conditions on dust storm generation in Arizona. In W.G. Nickling, ed., Aeolian Geomorphology, Binghampton Symposia in Geomorphology International Series No. 17. Boston: Allen and Unwin, 261-271.
8. Carlton, A.M. (1987) Summer circulation climate of the American Southwest, 1945-1984. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 77,619-634.
9. Changery, M.J. (1983) A Dust Climatology of the Western United States. Report prepared for the Division of Health, Siting, and Waste Management Office, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Asheville, NC: National Climatic Data Center.
10. Clements, T, Merriam, R.H., Stone, R.O., Eymann, J.L., and Reade, H.L. (1957) A Study of Desert Surface Conditions. U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, Earth Sciences Division Technical Report EP-53.
11. Clements, T, Stone, R.O., Mann, J.F., and Eymann, J.L. (1963) A Study of Windborne
12. Sand and Dust in Desert Areas. U.S Army Natick Laboratories, Earth Sciences Division Technical Report ES-8.
13. Gillette, D.A., Adams, J., Endo, A., Smith, D., and Kihl, R. (1980) Threshold velocities for input of soil particles into the air by desert soils. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 85(C10), 5621-5630.
14. Goudie, A.S. (1978) Dust storms and their geomorphological implications. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 1, 291-310.
15. Goudie, A.S. (1983) Dust storms in time and space. Progress in Physical Geogaphy, V ol. 7, 502-530.
16. Goudie, A.S., and Middleton, N.J. (1992) The changing frequency of dust storms through time. Climatic Change, 20: 197-225.
17. Hall, F.F. (1981) Visibility reductions from soil dust in the Western U.S. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 15,1929-1933.
18. Jauregui, E. (1989a) Meteorological and environmental aspects of dust storms in northern Mexico. In D. Driscoll, and E.O. Box, eds., Proceedings of the 11th ISB- Congress, 369-375.
19. Jauregui, E. (1989b) The dust storms of Mexico City. International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 9,169-180.
20. Lee, J.A., Wigner, K.A., and Gregory, J.M. (1993) Drought, wind, and blowing dust on the southern Great Plains of the United States. Physical Geography, Vol.14, 56-67.
21. Jauregui, E., Allen, B.L., Peterson, R.E., Gregory, J.M., and Moffett, K.E. (1994) Environmental controls on blowing dust direction at Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 19, 437-449.
22. MacKinnon, D.J., Elder, D.F., Helm, P.J., Tuesink, M.F., and Nist, C.A. (1990) A method of evaluating effects of antecedent precipitation on duststorms and its application to Yuma, Arizona, 1981-1988. Climatic Change, Vol. 17, 331-360.
23. McTainsh, G.H. and Pitblado, J.R. (1987) Dust storms and related phenomena measured from meteorological records in Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 12, 415-424.
24. Middleton, N.J. (1984) Dust storms in Australia: Frequency, distribution and seasonality. Search, Vol. 15, 46-47.
25. Middleton, N.J. (1986a) Dust storms in the Middle East. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 10, 83-96.
26. Middleton, N.J. (1986b) A geography of dust storms in South-west Asia. Journal of Climatology, Vol. 6,183-196.
27. Middleton, N.J. (1989a) Desert dust. In D.S.G. Thomas, ed., Arid Zone Geomorphology. New York: Wiley and Sons, 262-283.
28. Middleton, N.J. (1989b) Climatic controls on the frequency, magnitude and distribution of dust storms: Examples from India/Pakistan, Mauritania and Mongolia. In M. Leinen and M. Sarnthein, eds., Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport. 97-132.
29. Middleton, N.J. (1991) Dust storms in the Mongolian People's Republic. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 20, 287-297.
30. Miller, H.J. (1986) DATSAV2 Surface. U.S. Air Force Environmental Technical Applications Center Climatic Database User's Handbook No. 4.
31. Nickling, W.G. and Brazel, A.J. (1984) Temporal and spatial characteristics of Arizona dust storms (1965-1980). Journal of Climatology, Vol. 4, 645-660.
32. Nickling, W.G., and Gillies, J.A. (1989) Emission of fine-grained particulates from desert soils. In M. Leinen and M. Sarnthein, eds., Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport 133-165.
33. Orgill, M.M. and Sehmel, G.A. (1976) Frequency and diurnal variations of dust storms in the contiguous U.S.A. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 10, 813-825.
34. Palmdale Chamber of Commerce (1995) Palmdale and the Antelope Valley. Palmdale, CA: Palmdale Chamber of Commerce.
35. Pöwö, T.L. (1981) Desert dust: Origins, characteristics, and effects on man. Geological Society of America Special Paper 186.
36. Pye, K. (1987) Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits. London: Academic Press.
37. Reheis, M.C. and Kihl, R. (1995) Dust deposition in southern Nevada and California, 1984-1989: Relations to climate, source area, and source lithology. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 100, 8893-8918.
38. Rowlands, P., Johnson, H., Ritter, E., and Endo, A. (1982) The Mojave Desert. In G.L. Bender, ed., Reference Handbook on the Deserts of North America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 103-145.
39. Schultz, B.W. and Ostler, W.K. (1995a) Effects of prolonged drought on vegetation associations in the northern Mojave Desert. In B.A. Roundy, E.D. McArthur, J.S. Haley, and D.K. Man, eds., Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium. Ogden, UT: USDA, U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, General Technical Report INT-GRT-315, 228-235.
40. Schultz, B.W., and (1995b) Species and community response to above normal precipitaion following prolonged drought at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In B.A. Roundy, E.D. McArthur, J.S. Haley, and D.K. Mann, eds., Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium. Ogden, UT: USDA, U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, General Technical Report INT- GRT-315, 236-242.
41. Spitzer, H.A. (1993) Antelope Valley emergency soil erosion control. Land and Water, Vol. 37(Sept.), 20-24.
42. U.S. Department of Commerce (1975) Federal Meteorological Handbook #7. Washington, DC: Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service.
43. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1991) Designation and Classification for Initial PM-10 Nonattainment Areas. Federal Register, Vol. 56, No. 51, 11,101-11,105.
44. Victorville Chamber of Commerce (1995) Economic Profile of Victorville, California. Victorville, CA: Victorville Chamber of Commerce.
45. Wheaton, E.E. and Chakravarti, A.K. (1987) Some temporal, spatial and climatological aspects of dust storms in Saskatchewan. Climatological Bulletin, Vol. 21,5-16.
46. Wigner, K.A. and Peterson, R.E., (1987) Synoptic climatology of blowing dust on the Texas South Plains, 1947-84. Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 13,199-209.
47. Wilshire, H.G. (1980) Human causes of accelerated wind erosion in California's deserts. In D.R. Coates and J.D. Vitek, eds., Thresholds in Geomorphology. London: George Allen and Unwin, 415-433.
48. Wilshire, H.G. (1983) The impact of vehicles on desert soil stabilizers. In R.H. Webb and H.G. Wilshire, eds., Environmental Effects of Off-Road Vehicles: Impacts and Management in Arid Regions. New York: Springer-Verlag, 31-50.
49. Zeldin, M.D. (1994) Approaches for controlling windblown dust emissions in Southern California Desert areas. Paper #A181 presented at the Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, unpublished manuscript.