Spatial and temporal variations of dust concentrations in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Jugder, Dulam ^a,b   Shinoda, Masato ^b   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^c   Matsui, Ichiro ^c   Nishikawa, Masataka ^c   Park, Soon Ung ^d   Chun, Young Shin ^e   Park, Moon Soo ^d  

^a Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Mongolia)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d Center for Atmospheric and Environmental Modeling   (South Korea)

^e Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Annual average dust concentration; Daily mean PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations; Dust concentrations; Dust maximum concentrations; Dust storms; Gobi Desert of Mongolia; Monthly mean PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations; PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST STORMS; GOBI DESERT; PM10 AND PM2.5;

AIR QUALITY; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; STORMS;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; DUST STORM; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 79959857369     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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