Development of a severe sand-dust storm model and its application to Northwest China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-190

  Zhang, Xiao Ling ^a,b   Cheng, Linsheng ^a   Chung, Yong Seung ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY   (China)

^c Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mesoscale system; Model improvement; Radiative effect; Sand dust storm; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; MESOSCALE MOTION; MODELING; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4344620080     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023290408545     Document Type: Article

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