Meteorological regimes modulating dust outbreaks in southwest Asia: The role of pressure anomaly and Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone on the 1-3 July 2014 case

Aeolian Research

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-97

  Kaskaoutis, D G ^a   Rashki, A ^b   Francois, P ^c   Dumka, U C ^d   Houssos, E E ^e   Legrand, M ^c  

^a SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^d ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dust storm; ITCZ position; Karakum desert; MSLP anomalies; SW Asia; Vertical dust distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIPSO; DUST STORM; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CASPIAN SEA; HINDU KUSH; KARAKUM; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 84936797205     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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