Relationship between thermal anomalies in Tibetan Plateau and summer dust storm frequency over Tarim Basin, China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-31

  Zhao, Yong ^a   Li, HongJun ^a   Huang, AnNing ^b   He, Qing ^a   Huo, Wen ^a   Wang, MinZhong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dust storm frequency; Tarim Basin; thermal anomalies; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884959441     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-013-0138-2     Document Type: Article

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