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Comparison of horizontal dust fluxes simulated with two dust emission schemes based on field experiments in Xinjiang, China

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Horizontal dust fluxes were simulated with two different dust emission schemes developed by Marticorena and Shao (hereinafter referred to as the M scheme, S scheme, and S scheme corrections), based on field experiments over a bare desert surface and a vegetated desert surface from May 19 to June 18, 2010 in Xinjiang, China. The M scheme produced a much higher dust emission than the S schemes over different surface conditions, with the emission being about 4 times larger than that produced by the S schemes over the bare desert, and 3 to 200 times larger over the vegetated surface. Compared to observations, the missing report rate of wind erosion events was about 30 % for the S schemes and about 10 % for the M scheme over the bare desert surface, while all schemes had a false alarm rate of wind erosion events over the vegetated desert surface. The total dust emission from the bare desert surface during the study period was 674.4, 551.5, 595.2, and 2995.8 kg/m for observation, the S scheme, S scheme correction 2, and M scheme, respectively. Total dust emission from the vegetated desert surface was 1.6, 0, 55.5, 0.9, and 227.7 kg/m for observation, the S scheme, S scheme correction 1, S scheme correction 2, and M scheme, respectively.

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This research was funded by the Xinjiang Natural Science Funds of China (2013211B39).

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  1. Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, 830002, China

    Xinghua Yang, Fan Yang, Xinchun Liu, Wen Huo, Qing He & Ali Mamtimin

  2. Desert Atmosphere and Environment Observation Experiment of Taklimakan Station, Tazhong, 841000, China

    Xinghua Yang, Fan Yang, Xinchun Liu, Wen Huo, Qing He & Ali Mamtimin

  3. Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences∕Karst Dynamics Laboratory, Ministry of Land and Resources, Guilin, 541004, China

    Qingyu Zhang

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Yang, X., Yang, F., Liu, X. et al. Comparison of horizontal dust fluxes simulated with two dust emission schemes based on field experiments in Xinjiang, China. Theor Appl Climatol 126, 223–231 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-015-1573-0

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