HR: 1340h
AN: A33A-0865    [Abstracts]
TI: A Compilation of Major Dust Events in Southwest Asia: 2004-2005
AU: * Skupniewicz, C E
EM: skupniec@fnmoc.navy.mil
AF: Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, 7 Grace Hopper Ave, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Stocker, R
EM: stockerr@fnmoc.navy.mil
AF: Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, 7 Grace Hopper Ave, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Walker, A
EM: walker@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper Ave, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Westphal, D
EM: westphal@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper Ave, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Miller, S
EM: miller@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper Ave, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AB: In response to US Navy requirements for accurate forecasts of visibility, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center and the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey have collaborated to develop operational global and regional aerosol forecast systems and dust enhancement algorithms for the MODIS and SEAWIFS satellite sensor suites. Two years of dust production, transport and diffusion model forecasts and satellite imagery for Southwest Asia are reviewed, and major dust events are identified. Models and imagery are crosschecked to minimize false positives and negatives. Events are classified into categories of dust source region, synoptic flow, and time of year. Specific events are examined in more detail to demonstrate some characteristics of the event classes and forecast tendencies.
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906)
DE: 0322 Constituent sources and sinks
DE: 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005