Climatology, trend analysis and prediction of sandstorms and their associated dustfall in China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Sun, Leng ^a,c   Zhou, Xukai ^a   Lu, Juntian ^a   Kim, Yong Pyo ^b   Chung, Yong Seung ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c KCCAR ^*  (China)

Author keywords

China; Climatology of duststorms; Sand and duststorms; Trend analysis of duststorms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST STORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0037551863     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023213801276     Document Type: Article

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