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Characteristics of meteorological factors over different landscape types during dust storm events in Cele, Xinjiang, China

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Landscape characteristics influence meteorological factors, thus affect the occurrence and nature of dust storm events. The present study investigates the spatiotemporal characteristics of six meteorological factors (wind velocity, wind direction, air temperature, relative humidity (RH), photo synthetically active radiation (PAR), and solar radiation) over different landscape types (shifting-sand frontier, semi-fixed sandy land, fixed sandy land, and the inner region of an oasis) before and after dust storms during four typical dust storm events in an oasis-desert ecotone in Cele, Xinjiang, China. The results show that the average wind velocity decreased significantly from the shifting-sand frontier to the inner oasis, which was mainly attributable to the vegetation coverage. Before the dust storm events, there were obvious differences in air temperature and RH either in the horizontal or vertical direction over the different landscape types. However, these factors were very similar during and following the dust storm events. PAR and solar radiation were significantly reduced during the dust storm events and the subsequent sand-blowing and floating-dust conditions. This effect was much stronger than during similar weather conditions without dust storm events such as sand-blowing and overcast and/or rainy days. Additionally, the variation in the meteorological factors among the different landscapes was also affected by the prevailing wind direction during the dust storm events. However, the landscape type slightly changed the prevailing wind direction, with the greatest dispersion distribution of wind direction in the inner oasis. The findings of this study are helpful for understanding the function of landscape types in the occurrence of dust storms, as well as for providing a theoretical basis for prevention of dust storms.

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  1. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China

    Donglei Mao  (毛东雷), Jiaqiang Lei  (雷加强), Shengyu Li  (李生宇), Fanjiang Zeng  (曾凡江), Cui Wang  (王 翠) & Jie Zhou  (周 杰)

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Donglei Mao  (毛东雷), Cui Wang  (王 翠) & Jie Zhou  (周 杰)

  3. College of Geographical Sciences and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, China

    Donglei Mao  (毛东雷)

  4. Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystem in Xinjiang, Cele, 848300, China

    Donglei Mao  (毛东雷), Jiaqiang Lei  (雷加强), Fanjiang Zeng  (曾凡江), Cui Wang  (王 翠) & Jie Zhou  (周 杰)

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Supported by the Special Major Science and Technology Projects in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (201130106-1), China Meteorological Administration Special Public Welfare Research Fund (GYHY201106025), Xinjiang Normal University Doctor of Geography Supporting Program, and Xinjiang Lake Environment and Resources Laboratory of Arid Zone (XJDX0909-2013-08).

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Mao, D., Lei, J., Li, S. et al. Characteristics of meteorological factors over different landscape types during dust storm events in Cele, Xinjiang, China. J Meteorol Res 28, 576–591 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-014-3097-4

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