Long-term frequency and characteristics of dust storm events in Northeast Iceland (1949-2011)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-127

  Dagsson Waldhauserova, Pavla ^a,b   Arnalds, Olafur ^a   Olafsson, Haraldur ^b,c,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerosol dust concentration; Climatology; Dust event classification; Visibility; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; RIVER POLLUTION; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; VISIBILITY; VOLCANOES;

DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST EVENT; DUST PRODUCTION; FINE SEDIMENTS; LARGE SCALE AIR POLLUTION; LONG TERM RECORDS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WIND EROSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DESERT; DUST STORM; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIER ADVANCE; METEOROLOGY; OUTWASH; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; VISIBILITY; VOLCANIC ASH; WIND EROSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DUST STORM; ICELAND; OSCILLATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; WEATHER; WIND;

ICELAND;

EID: 84878418795     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.075     Document Type: Article

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