Contributions of sandy lands and stony deserts to long-distance dust emission in China and Mongolia during 2000-2006

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 487-504

  Zhang, Baolin ^a,b   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^a   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INNER MONGOLIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

brightness temperature difference; dust source; HYSPLIT model; long range transport; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DESERT; DUST STORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; SANDY SOIL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 38349092008     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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