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Identification of Dust Sources in Iraq Using Meteorological Surface Data and Satellite Data
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Bassim Mohammed Hashim, Reyam Naji Ajmi and Suhair Abdulsattar Abduljabbar
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5298/2013.05.004
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ABSTRACT
The research included employment of the meteorological surface data such as surface
pressure and wind speed and direction to determine the sources of dust in Iraq
through the study and analysis of dust phenomena that strike Iraq in 2011 and
at different times of the year. The results showed that Iraq was suffering to No. (18) dust storms in
2011. The highest wind speed recorded at the beginning of the composition of
most the dust storms ranged of 6-10 m/s and the
lowest wind speed values ranged of 10-14 m/s, while the
direction of the wind in No. (14) dust storms were
flowed from NW (northwest), only No. (4) dust storms were
flowed from southwest SW (southwest), due to the fact that the prevailing wind in Iraq is NW in most days of
the year. Atmospheric pressure values recorded for the day of dust storms are
ranged of 960-990 millibar, due
to the existence Iraq under high pressure system most days of the year. Satellite
data of Meteosat
9 are used to determine the sources of dust over Iraq. Used the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations CALIPSO data to determine the
vertical section of the dust, during a dust storm.
KEYWORDS
Air pollution, dust, meteorological surface data, satellite data.
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