A Case Study of a Typical Dust Storm Event over the Loess Plateau of Northwest China

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 344-348

  Xiao Lu, Ling ^a,b   Wei Dong, Guo ^a,b   Qian Fei, Zhao ^b,c   Bei Dou, Zhang ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

case study; dust storm; energy budget; Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84886597905     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2011.11446951     Document Type: Article

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