Dust Weather Yearbook. 2003

Author: China Meteorological Administration
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Sand and dust weather refers to a general term for weather phenomena where wind airborne dust and sand, causing air pollution. Sand and dust weather is one of the main disasterous weather systems affecting northern China. The regions where sand and dust weather occurs cause significant losses to people's lives and property. In recent years, with the development of society and economy, and the implementation of the Western Development Strategy, the disasterous impact of sand and dust weather on the national economy, ecological environment, and social activities has attracted increasing attention from all sectors of society and internationally. China has been paying more attention to sand and dust weather, gradually increasing monitoring methods, and achieving certain results in sand and dust weather research, which has continuously improved the forecasting level of sand and dust weather, making significant contributions to reducing losses caused by sand and dust weather and preventing such weather phenomena. To meet the needs of scientific research on sand and dust weather and to provide meteorological technical personnel at various meteorological stations with more comprehensive information on sand and dust weather, enabling better understanding of the activity patterns of sand and dust weather and improving forecasting accuracy, the National Meteorological Center has compiled the "Sand and Dust Weather Yearbook." The data in the yearbook were made possible through the strong collaboration and support of meteorological bureaus in various provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country, enabling the completion of the compilation work. The content of the "Sand and Dust Weather Yearbook" includes descriptions of the general characteristics of sand and dust weather processes in the current year and an analysis of the meteorological conditions that lead to sand and dust weather. It also provides charts and graphs on the spatiotemporal distribution of sand and dust weather throughout the year and for each month, as well as information on major sand and dust weather events.