Advances in disaster modeling, simulation and visualization for sandstorm risk management in North China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1337-1354

  Lin, Zhaohui ^a   Levy, Jason K ^b   Lei, Hang ^c   Bell, Michelle L ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust storm modeling; Dust emission; Land surface processes; Numerical simulation; Remote sensing; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DUSTS; ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS; BEIJING , CHINA; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST STORM; DUST-EMISSION; ECONOMIC LOSS; FRICTIONAL VELOCITY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-SITU; INFORMATION PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; KEY PARAMETERS; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND SURFACE SCHEME; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MULTIPLE SOURCE; MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGY; NORTH CHINA; OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DEGRADATION; DUST; GEOPHYSICS; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LOSSES; REMOTE SENSING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

EID: 84861436951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4051337     Document Type: Article

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