Abstract
Salt-dust storms are particularly endangering human health as well as the productivity of agricultural areas by enhancing salinization. This is a prominent problem in the Aralkum region. A physical model was developed to evaluate the amount of aerosols transported from the desiccated seafloor of the Aral Sea. It has been observed that there have been changes in dust deposition within the last 30 years, but a detailed prognosis for the future is not possible. However, it became quite clear that an increase of the size of the desiccated seafloor with deposition of particles of even smaller particle size (less than 10 μm) and higher salt content, which has happened and will still happen in the near future, will increase the distance over which smaller particles are transported by wind.
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The results are part of research which was financed by the Kazakh Academy of Science. The financial support is greatly acknowledged.
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Semenov, O.E. (2012). Dust Storms and Sandstorms and Aerosol Long-Distance Transport. In: Breckle, SW., Wucherer, W., Dimeyeva, L., Ogar, N. (eds) Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert. Ecological Studies, vol 218. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21117-1_5
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