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Title: Dust climatology of the western United States

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6440196

Beginning and ending times of dust-caused visibility values were extracted from original records for approximately 180 stations in the western US for the general period of record 1948 to 1977. Maps are presented depicting the annual total number of hours with visibility below specified values, annual number of dust episodes, dust episode durations, season of occurrence, and probability of thunderstorm-inducement.

Research Organization:
National Climatic Center, Asheville, NC (USA)
OSTI ID:
6440196
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-3211; ON: DE83901961
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English