Multi-platform observations of dust storm activity over Southwestern United States: Long-term trend, climate drivers and societal impacts
Daniel Tong1, Barry Baker2, Julian X L Wang3, Thomas E Gill4, Iyasu Gebrezgabher Eibedingil5, Robert S Van Pelt6, Hang Lei7, Zhong Liu8, Binyu Wang9, Paul A Ginoux10, Bing Pu11, Min Huang12, Dongchul Kim13 and Mian Chin8, (1)George Mason University, Fairfax, United States, (2)NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, College Park, United States, (3)NOAA/Air Resources Lab, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences / Environmental Science and Engineering Program, El Paso, TX, United States, (5)University of Texas at El Paso, Environmental Science and Engineering, El Paso, TX, United States, (6)USDA ARS, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research, Big Spring, United States, (7)National Centers For Environmental Prediction-Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, United States, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (9)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, (10)NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, (11)University of Kansas, Geography and Atmospheric Science, Lawrence, United States, (12)NASA, Greenbelt, United States, (13)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States
