title: Estimation of the temporal and spatial distribution of dust concentration over China by combining PM10 and conventional meteorological observations.
abstract: In this paper, we will present a simple algorithm to estimate the temporal and spatial distribution of dust mass concentration by combining PM10 and conventional meteorological observations. The efficiency of the algorithm has been demonstrated by applying it to analyze the dust source, transport, and dissipation of the dust storm which occurred in the west region of Pa-tan-chi-lin Desert at 0200 BST 27 March, 2004.
authors.affiliation: National Satellite Meteorology Center, Beijing, 100081, China. fszhao@nsmc.cma.gov.cn
authors.forename: Fengsheng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Changsong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gai
authors.forename: Wenhua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D010316:Particle Size; D013995:Time
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust