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Aeolian proceses as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan pp 51–70Cite as

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan

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Due to the vast and diverse desert types across Central Asia and Kazakhstan, dust storms vary by frequency, duration, and intensity.

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  1. Research Centre of Ecology and Environment of Central Asia (Almaty), State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China

    Gulnura Issanova & Jilili Abuduwaili

  2. U.U. Uspanov Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    Gulnura Issanova

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Issanova, G., Abuduwaili, J. (2017). Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. In: Aeolian proceses as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3190-8_3

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