DUST STORMS IN NORTHERN CHINA

DUST STORMS IN NORTHERN CHINA

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2: DUST STORM DEFINITIONS

Chapter 3: TEMPORAL-SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND INFLUENCE OF THE DUST STORMS

3.1. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS

3.2. SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS

3.3. DUST STORM INFLUENCE ON THE DOWNWIND REGIONS

Chapter 4: CLIMATE CONTROLS AND POTENTIAL SEASONAL PREDICTORS

4.1. STRONG WIND, THE DUST STORM CRUCIAL DYNAMIC POWER

4.2. INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE

4.2.1. The Local Temperature

4.2.2. Influence of the Surface Temperatures in Large Scales

4.2.3. Influence of the Sea Surface Temperature

4.3. INFLUENCE OF THE LOCAL PRECIPITATION

4.4. FORECAST SIGNALS FROM THE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

4.5. INFLUENCE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS

4.6. CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION INDICES AND DUST STORMS

Chapter 5: DUST STORM FORECASTS

5.1. DUST STORM WEATHER FORECAST

5.1.1. A Circulation Pattern Discrimination Scheme

5.1.2. An Eigenvector Model for Severe DustStorm Weather Predictions

5.2. SPRING DUST STORM SEASONAL FORECAST

5.2.1. An Eigenvector Model for Spring Seasonal Dust Storm Predictions

5.2.2. A Multivariable Regression Model for Spring Seasonal Dust Storm Predictions

Chapter 6: IMPACTS OF THE SURFACE CONDITIONS

Chapter 7: SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

INDEX