Dust storms in the Mongolian People's Republic

Abstract

Mapping of the frequency and distribution dust storms (visibility<1 km) in the Mongolian People's Republic shows that most of the country is affected to some degree by such deflation events, with maximum activity occurring in the southern Gobi region. The seasonality of dust storms activity is closely related to other meteorological variables and the generating meteorological systems. Dust storms are primarily a spring-time, daylight-hour phenomenon. Human activity is adversely affected by dust storm events and in some cases has increased deflation