Trajectory analysis of Saudi Arabian dust storms

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6028-6043

  Notaro, Michael ^a   Alkolibi, Fahad ^b   Fadda, Eyad ^b   Bakhrjy, Fawzieh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

aerosol optical depth; backward trajectories; dust sources; dust storms; HYSPLIT; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; LANDFORMS; TRAJECTORIES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; DUST SOURCES; DUST STORM; HYSPLIT; SAUDI ARABIA;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COLD FRONT; DUST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

RUB AL KHALI; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84880852635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50346     Document Type: Article

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