Seasonal variation in dust events and the causes of the variation in the Tarim Basin,China

• 出 处: Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions
• 发表日期: 2009年02期
• 关键词: TARIM Basin dust events SEASONAL VARIATION sand-blowing wind Tarim Basindust eve
• 基金项目: the funding from the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40638038)

We analyzed dust event occurrence and its seasonal distribution at 16 sites in the Tarim Basin,China.Although the overall frequency of dust events was the highest in spring in this region,its variation in other seasons could be classified into three pa