SDS-WAS
Regional Center for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe of the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System
Activity report 2010-2012
- Author(s)
- Terradellas, Enric; Baldasano, Jose María; Cuevas Agulló, Emilio; Barcelona supercomputing system
- Published by
- WMO; AEMET
- Published in
- Geneva
- Year published
- 2014
- Summary
This report presents the Center’s activities in the 2010-2012 period. It reports on its efforts to build capacity in the region and to develop user services to reduction of adverse impacts of dust in countries heavily impacted by dust storms. There remain important SDS-WAS research issues to be considered and it is hoped that the Center will continue to play a coordinating role in addressing these. These research topics include the assimilation of observations in numerical dust prediction models
role of dust chemical/mineral composition on health and environment
direct and indirect interactions of dust and the atmosphere
introduction of new generation of measurements (e.g. ceilometers) to better monitor dust process.
- Language of publication
- English
- Number of pages
- 44 p.
- Format
- Digital
- Material type
- report
- Serial title, number
- SDS-WAS
- Regions and countries
- Other > North Africa; Other > Middle East; Region VI - Europe; Region I - Africa; Region II - Asia
- Topics
- Sandstorm; Dust storm