TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brstilo,Siniša
AU  - Madunic,Quentin
TI  - Dust storms: elemental composition, causes and environmental impacts 
T2  - Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series
SN  - 9781613244968
AV  - QC958 
U1  - 551.55/9 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Science
KW  - Dust storms
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Earth Sciences
KW  - Meteorology & Climatology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Tempêtes de poussière
KW  - duststorms
KW  - aat
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; DUST STORMS:ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION, CAUSESAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; DUST STORM IDENTIFICATION VIA SATELLITEREMOTE SENSING; ABSTRACT; 1. OVERVIEW OF DUST STUDIES: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE; 2. MAJOR DUST SOURCE REGIONS; 3. DUST CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS; 3.1. Saharan Dust Emissions; 3.2. Dust Effects on Solar Radiation and Climate; 3.3. Dust Mineralogy and Environmental Impacts; 3.4. Saharan Dust Variability; 4. TECHNIQUES FOR DUST IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING; 5. DUST-TRANSPORT MODELS; 6. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SD EVENTS OVERATHENS IN THE PERIOD 2000-2005; 7. ANALYSIS OF THE SD EVENTS OVER GAA IN THEPERIOD 2000-20058. ORIGIN AND PATHWAYS OF THE SD TRANSPORT OVER GAA; 9. SEASONAL VARIATION OF THE SD EVENTS OVER GAA; 10. ANALYSIS OF THE DUST-TRANSPORT MECHANISMS OVER GAA; 11. THE USE OF AI FOR THE DUST DETECTION; 12. COMBINATION OF SATELLITE RETRIEVALS AND MODELAPPLICATIONS FOR DUST MONITORING; 12.1. Synoptic Meteorology; 12.2. Air-Mass Back-Trajectories; 12.3. DREAM Predictions; 12.4. MODIS Data; 12.5. TOMS Data; 13. DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; DUST STORMS IN NORTHERN CHINA:TEMPORAL-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS ANDINFLUENCES, CLIMATE CONTROLS, FORECASTS ANDIMPACTS OF THE SURFACE CONDITIONSABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DUST STORM DEFINITIONS; 3. TEMPORAL-SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS ANDINFLUENCE OF THE DUST STORMS; 3.1. Temporal Variations; 3.2. Spatial Characteristics; 3.3. Dust Storm Influence on the Downwind Regions; 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 scales4.2.3. 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 andDust Storms; 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 dust storm weather predictions; 5.2. Spring Dust Storm Seasonal Forecast; 5.2.1. An eigenvector model for spring seasonal dust storm predictions5.2.2. A multivariable regression model for spring seasonal dust storm predictions; 6. IMPACTS OF THE SURFACE CONDITIONS; 7. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; UTILISATION AND DEVELOPMENT SOLAR ANDWIND RESOURCES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WIND ENERGY; 2.1. Analysis and Assessment Methodologies; 2.2. Statistical Distribution for Wind Data; 2.2.1. Methods of analysis; 2.2.2. Adjustment of evaluation; 2.2.3. Power law; 2.2.4. Logarithmic law; 2.2.5. Available wind energy; 2.2.6. Weibull distribution; 3. SOLAR ENERGY
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