The "wind of 120days" and dust storm activity over the Sistan Basin

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 328-341

  Alizadeh Choobari, O ^a   Zawar Reza, P ^b   Sturman, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

"Wind of 120days"; Dust storm; Hamoun Lake; Low level jet; Sistan Basin; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; LOW LEVEL JET; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE FEATURES; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; SISTAN BASIN; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WRF/CHEM;

DUST; LAKES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DUST STORM; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; JET; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

AFGHANISTAN; HINDU KUSH; IRAN; SISTAN;

EID: 84897857861     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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