Comprehensive analysis of in situ measurement data and satellite data during dust storm in spring 2002

In 2001, some in situ measurement stations were set up by the Asia dust storm project, ADEC, in Korea, Japan and Xinjiang, Gansu, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Beijing, and Qindao in China. Many instruments were fixed in those places, for example an aerosol detector, dust particle collector, wind speed measuring apparatus, and so on. Combined with remote sensing technology, the instruments were used to measure the emission transport and deposition of the dust storm. In April and May 2002, through these instruments, the wind speed, total suspended particulate matter and land surface temperature data were obtained. In this article, taking the dust storm in March and April 2002 as an example and combining satellite data with in situ measurement data, some basic data may be provided for the general analysis and forecast of dust storms.