The Northern Path of Asian Dust Transport from the Gobi Desert to North America

• 作 者: Chen Ke-Yi
• 机 构: a
• 出 处: 大气和海洋科学快报：英文版
• 发表日期: 2010年3期
• 关键词: DUST TRANSPORT the Total OZONE Mapping SPECTROMETER satellite data dust transpor
• 基金项目: supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Chengdu University of Information & Technology (Grant No. CRF200902)

The aerosol index (AI) of the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite data (1979 2001) was analyzed to reveal the climatological long-distance path of dust transport from Asia to North America. The AI in the west coast of the United States is hi