Transport of East Asian dust storms to the marginal seas of China and the southern North Pacific in spring 2010

• Published in: Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 148; pp. 316 - 328
• Main Authors: Tan, Sai-Chun, Li, Jiawei, Che, Huizheng, Chen, Bin, Wang, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Dust deposition; Dust emissions; Dust storms; Extinction coefficients; Transport; Vertical profiles; INW, Huanghai Sea; INW, Donghai Sea; Mongolia, People's Rep., Gobi Desert; IN, North Pacific, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre; IN, North Pacific; Dust deposition; Dust storms; Vertical profiles; Transport; Extinction coefficients; Dust emissions

The transport of a super-severe dust storm that occurred in East Asia from 19 to 22 March 2010 has been well documented by both model simulations and surface observations. We investigated the transport of this severe dust storm and several other spring 2010 dust storms using model simulations, backw...