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Dust Vortex in the Taklimakan Desert by Himawari-8 High Frequency and Resolution Observation.

ABSTRACT: The Taklimakan Desert is known to be one of the world's major sources of aeolian dust particles. Continuous images with 10-min temporal and 2-km spatial resolutions from a new-generation geostationary meteorological satellite captured the lifecycle (generation, evolution and outflow) of a previously unrecognized type of Taklimakan dust storm. The dust storm showed an anti-clockwise spiral structure and a clear core and behaved like a "dust vortex". From image analysis, the horizontal scale and temporal lifetime of the dust vortex were estimated to be 600?km and 36?hours, respectively. We found that a strong pressure trough (cut-off low), along with a cold air mass located on the northwestern side of the Taklimakan Desert and the high mountains surrounding the Taklimakan Desert, played important roles in the formation and evolution of the dust vortex.

SUBMITTER: Yumimoto K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6362108 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dust Vortex in the Taklimakan Desert by Himawari-8 High Frequency and Resolution Observation.

Yumimoto Keiya K Kajino Mizuo M Tanaka Taichu Y TY Uno Itsushi I

Scientific reports 20190204 1

The Taklimakan Desert is known to be one of the world's major sources of aeolian dust particles. Continuous images with 10-min temporal and 2-km spatial resolutions from a new-generation geostationary meteorological satellite captured the lifecycle (generation, evolution and outflow) of a previously unrecognized type of Taklimakan dust storm. The dust storm showed an anti-clockwise spiral structure and a clear core and behaved like a "dust vortex". From image analysis, the horizontal scale and t ...[more]

PMID: 30718748

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