Dust storms generated by mesoscale cold fronts in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Aoki, Isao ^a   Kurosaki, Yasunori ^b,c   Osada, Ryoichi ^d   Sato, Tomonori ^c   Kimura, Fujio ^e,f  

^a CRC Solutions Corp   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Kanematsu NNK Corporation   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR MASS; COLD FRONTS; DUST STORMS; WIND SYSTEM;

DUST;

COLD FRONT; DUST STORM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 20044361886     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021776     Document Type: Article

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