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    Dust storm originate from Sahara covering Western Europe

    Authors
    Vanderstraeten, P. Lénelle, Y.
    Meurrens, A.
    Carati, D.
    Brenig, L.
    Delcloo, A.
    Offer, Z.Y.
    Zaady, E.
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    Discipline
    Earth and related Environmental sciences
    Subject
    Atmosphere
    Trajectory
    Contentration
    Particle size
    Chemistry
    Audience
    General Public
    Scientific
    Date
    2008
    Publisher
    IRM
    KMI
    RMI
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    Description
    Erosion, transport and deposition of atmospheric dust are largely determined by the nature and state of the earth's surface (the dust source) and the physical characteristics of the atmosphere. The state of the atmosphere is subject to important temporal variations related to diurnal and seasonal cycles and to synoptic conditions. The dynamic evolution of particulate concentrations measured at Brussels showed a significant peak in PM10 during 24–25 March 2007. The 4-day backward trajectories calculated for this peak attributed its cause to a dust storm that had occurred 2 days earlier in the Sahara. Chemical analysis showed a significant similarity to Saharan dust composition, primarily oxides of Si, Fe, and Al. On 29 March, another peak with a very high PM concentration and an elevated PM2.5-to-PM10 ratio was recorded in Brussels. Analysis of its PM profile showed that it was mainldy caused by formation of secondary aerosols.
    Citation
    Vanderstraeten, P. Lénelle, Y.; Meurrens, A.; Carati, D.; Brenig, L.; Delcloo, A.; Offer, Z.Y.; Zaady, E. (2008). Dust storm originate from Sahara covering Western Europe. , Issue Atmospheric Environment 42, 5489-5493, IRM,
    Identifiers
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/8787
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Not pertinent
    Language
    eng
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