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This paper analyzes the regional differences in dust weather and its relationship with climatic factors and vegetation cover, using data at 27 observation stations in the Beijing-Tianjin Sand Source Region from 1960 to 2007. There was a decreasing trend in dust weather in the southeast, which was correlated with wind and temperature. In contrast, in the northwest, the number of dusty days did not decrease and was significantly correlated with precipitation and vegetation cover. These results suggest that, in addition to the climate and underlying conditions, physical geographic conditions also influenced the frequency of dust weather.
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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. NSFC40601091) and the Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Eleventh Five-year Plan Period (Grant No. 2006BAD20B02). The authors especially thank the Group of Drought & Risk Governance from Beijing Normal University for their technical support and greatly improving the language in this paper. We also thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and improvement of the manuscript.
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Wu, J., Zhao, L., Zheng, Y. et al. Regional differences in the relationship between climatic factors, vegetation, land surface conditions, and dust weather in China’s Beijing-Tianjin Sand Source Region. Nat Hazards 62, 31–44 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-011-0039-7
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