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a
1600
2.2
1500
2.0
1400
1.8
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wind speed [ms
-1
]
b
Fig. 6.9
Dust storms related to NLLJs. (
a
) Time series of the low-level profile of horizontal wind
speed (
shaded
) at Chicha (Bodélé Depression, Chad) for 28 February to 13 March 2005.
Black
lines
show dust emission flux. (
b
) Seasonal mean NLLJ contribution to dust emission.
Contours
show the terrain height in steps of 200 m. All plots are based on ECMWF ERA-Interim data. (Figs.
6 and 16 from Fiedler et al.
2013
)
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