Recent increasing trend in dust frequency over Mongolia and Inner Mongolia regions and its association with climate and surface condition change

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4611-4616

  Lee, Eun Hee ^a   Sohn, Byung Ju ^b  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drought; Dust; Mongolia; Vegetation; Visibility

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DUST EVENT; DUST FREQUENCIES; DUST SOURCES; INNER MONGOLIA; MONGOLIA; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; VISIBILITY;

DUST;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VISIBILITY; WEATHER STATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DUST; MONGOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VEGETATION;

CHINA; JAPAN; KOREA; MONGOLIA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 79960617944     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.065     Document Type: Article

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