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Dust Forecast for United Arab Emirates Done by: Dr. Abdulhamid Ali Alraeesi Dubai Air Navigation Services Casablanca 17-20 Nov 2014.

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1 Dust Forecast for United Arab Emirates Done by: Dr. Abdulhamid Ali Alraeesi Dubai Air Navigation Services Casablanca 17-20 Nov 2014

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3 OMFJOMDBOMAAMONTH 111JAN 225FEB 135MAR 1-3APR --2MAY 1--JUN -4-JUL -2-AUG -12SEP -11OCT 111NOV -1-DEC 71620TOTAL Number of sandstorm for three airports from 2000 to 2010

4 Types of Dust in UAE: Advection dust. Local dust. Advection and local dust. Tools used for forecasting dust: WRF models. satellite images (MSG dust ). Ground observation. Recently Barcelona Dust Forecast Center (dust.aemet.es). Factors we use to forecast dust: Wind speed (15-20KT). Wind direction. Instability. Type of Season winter or summer. Amount of rain ( precipitation). Regional weather.

5 Sources of dust over UAE Squall Line

6 Sources of dust over UAE Northwesterly "Shamal" Sources of dust over UAE Northwesterly "Shamal"

7 Sources of dust over UAE Northeast or (Nashi)

8 Sources of dust over UAE Southerly wind

9 01-02-2008 AT 04:00Z

10 01-02-2008 AT 07:16Z

11 Monthly MOD08 for Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Fujairah

12 Monthly TOMS for Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Fujairah

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