caa a22 4500 445800143 CHVBK 20180317145138.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00704-010-0334-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00704-010-0334-3 Optical and physical characterization of "Iraqi freedom” dust storm, a case study [Elektronische Daten] [Thuraya Saeed, Hassan Al-Dashti] Kuwait was exposed to a severe dust storm on 19 March 2003, the eve of operation "Iraqi Freedom”. Three days of dust events (19, 26, 27 March) were analyzed for their aerosol optical and physical properties using ground-based and satellite-retrieved measurements. Ground-based measurements of aerosol optical depth (or thickness; AOD or AOT) at 675nm, τ 657, Ångstrom coefficient α 936/657, particulate matter of diameter 10μm or less, PM10 (μg/m3), and meteorological parameters were analyzed for March 2003. AOT exceeded 3 for the 3days of interest and PM10 concentrations reached as high value as 2,457μg/m3 on 19 March dust storm day. Retrieved aerosol characteristics from space using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) on board Terra and Aqua satellite were examined against ground-based measurements. A strong correlation was found between ground-based measurements of τ 675 and the Terra-MODIS retrieved AOD550. The synoptic of the dust storm were analyzed and source regions were identified using back trajectory analysis and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Aerosol Index. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Saeed Thuraya Science Department, College of Basic Education, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, P. O. Box49683, 85157, Omareya, Kuwait aut Al-Dashti Hassan Department of Meteorology, Kuwait Civil Aviation, Kuwait, Kuwait aut Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 104/1-2(2011-05-01), 123-137 0177-798X 104:1-2<123 2011 104 704 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-010-0334-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-010-0334-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saeed Thuraya Science Department, College of Basic Education, Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, P. O. Box49683, 85157, Omareya, Kuwait aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Al-Dashti Hassan Department of Meteorology, Kuwait Civil Aviation, Kuwait, Kuwait aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 104/1-2(2011-05-01), 123-137 0177-798X 104:1-2<123 2011 104 704 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer