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Journal articles on the topic "Dust storms Australia"

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Tozer, P., and J. Leys. "Dust storms – what do they really cost?" Rangeland Journal 35, no. 2 (2013): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj12085.

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Dust storms are frequent in Australia and can have a large impact on the soil resource, the economy and people. There have been few economic studies of the impact of wind erosion worldwide and only one in Australia before this study. While wind erosion impacts on the soil resource at the point of the erosion, the level of economic impact rises as the population and associated infrastructure affected by dust increases. This study estimates the impact on the economy of the state of New South Wales of a single large dust storm called Red Dawn that passed over the eastern coast of Australia on 23 September 2009. Estimates for rural and urban areas are presented with both on- and off-site costs evaluated. The estimated cost is A$299 million (with a range of A$293–A$313 million) with most of the cost being associated with household cleaning and associated activities. The dust storm also impacted on many cities on the coast of the state of Queensland, but their costs are not included in this study. This study demonstrates some, but not all, of the major economic costs associated with wind erosion in Australia. Given the annual average cost of dust storms it is suggested that A$9 million per year would be a conservative estimate of the level of investment required in rural areas for dust mitigation strategies, based on improved land management that could be justified to achieve a positive impact on soil condition and reduce economic losses in rural towns and the more populous coastal cities.
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Shaw, Emily C., Albert J. Gabric, and Grant H. McTainsh. "Impacts of aeolian dust deposition on phytoplankton dynamics in Queensland coastal waters." Marine and Freshwater Research 59, no. 11 (2008): 951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08087.

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Aeolian dust deposition has been shown to stimulate phytoplankton growth in various oligotrophic oceanic regions of the northern hemisphere. The present study investigated the relationship between the change in phytoplankton biomass in Queensland coastal waters and aeolian dust deposition during the severe October 2002 dust storm, using satellite-derived chlorophyll concentrations. A response in phytoplankton standing stock immediately following dust deposition from this event was found in the area of maximal dust deposition, as defined by a previous dust transport modelling analysis. Standing stock levels increased to 1.5–2 times the long-term mean. This is the first documented episode of a dust fertilisation event in Australian coastal waters and, given the high frequency of dust storms in northern Australia, demonstrates that aeolian delivery of nutrients may be an important factor in future regional nutrient budget analyses.
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Gabric, A. J., R. Cropp, G. McTainsh, H. Butler, B. M. Johnston, T. O'Loingsigh, and Dien Van Tran. "Tasman Sea biological response to dust storm events during the austral spring of 2009." Marine and Freshwater Research 67, no. 8 (2016): 1090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf14321.

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During the austral spring of 2009 several significant dust storms occurred in south-east Australia including the so-called ‘Red Dawn’ event in late September. Estimates of 2.5 Mt total suspended particulate sediment lost off the Australian coast in the 3000km long dust plume make it the largest off-continent loss of soil ever reported. Much of this material was transported over the coastline of New South Wales and into the adjacent Tasman Sea. Long-term model simulations of dust deposition over the south-west Tasman Sea suggest the amount deposited during the spring of 2009 was approximately three times the long-term monthly average. Previous satellite-based analyses of the biological response of Tasman Sea waters to dust-derived nutrients are equivocal or have observed no response. Satellite-derived surface chlorophyll concentrations in the southern Tasman during the spring of 2009 are well above the climatological mean, with positive anomalies as high as 0.5mgm–3. Dust transport simulations indicate strong deposition to the ocean surface, which during both the ‘Red Dawn’ event and mid-October 2009 dust storm events was enhanced by heavy precipitation. Cloud processing of the dust aerosol may have enhanced iron bioavailability for phytoplankton uptake.
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McTainsh, G. H., R. Burgess, and J. R. Pitblado. "Aridity, drought and dust storms in Australia (1960–84)." Journal of Arid Environments 16, no. 1 (January 1989): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-1963(18)31042-5.

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Aragnou, Emilie, Sean Watt, Hiep Nguyen Duc, Cassandra Cheeseman, Matthew Riley, John Leys, Stephen White, et al. "Dust Transport from Inland Australia and Its Impact on Air Quality and Health on the Eastern Coast of Australia during the February 2019 Dust Storm." Atmosphere 12, no. 2 (January 22, 2021): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020141.

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Dust storms originating from Central Australia and western New South Wales frequently cause high particle concentrations at many sites across New South Wales, both inland and along the coast. This study focussed on a dust storm event in February 2019 which affected air quality across the state as detected at many ambient monitoring stations in the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) air quality monitoring network. The WRF-Chem (Weather Research and Forecast Model—Chemistry) model is used to study the formation, dispersion and transport of dust across the state of New South Wales (NSW, Australia). Wildfires also happened in northern NSW at the same time of the dust storm in February 2019, and their emissions are taken into account in the WRF-Chem model by using Fire Inventory from NCAR (FINN) as emission input. The model performance is evaluated and is shown to predict fairly accurate the PM2.5 and PM10 concentration as compared to observation. The predicted PM2.5 concentration over New South Wales during 5 days from 11 to 15 February 2019 is then used to estimate the impact of the February 2019 dust storm event on three health endpoints, namely mortality, respiratory and cardiac disease hospitalisation rates. The results show that even though as the daily average of PM2.5 over some parts of the state, especially in western and north western NSW near the centre of the dust storm and wild fires, are very high (over 900 µg/m3), the population exposure is low due to the sparse population. Generally, the health impact is similar in order of magnitude to that caused by biomass burning events from wildfires or from hazardous reduction burnings (HRBs) near populous centres such as in Sydney in May 2016. One notable difference is the higher respiratory disease hospitalisation for this dust event (161) compared to the fire event (24).
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Nguyen, Hiep Duc, Matt Riley, John Leys, and David Salter. "Dust Storm Event of February 2019 in Central and East Coast of Australia and Evidence of Long-Range Transport to New Zealand and Antarctica." Atmosphere 10, no. 11 (October 28, 2019): 653. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10110653.

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Between 11 and 15 February 2019, a dust storm originating in Central Australia with persistent westerly and south westerly winds caused high particle concentrations at many sites in the state of New South Wales (NSW); both inland and along the coast. The dust continued to be transported to New Zealand and to Antarctica in the south east. This study uses observed data and the WRF-Chem Weather Research Forecast model based on GOCART-AFWA (Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport–Air Force and Weather Agency) dust scheme and GOCART aerosol and gas-phase MOZART (Model for Ozone And Related chemical Tracers) chemistry model to study the long-range transport of aerosols for the period 11 to 15 February 2019 across eastern Australia and onto New Zealand and Antarctica. Wildfires also happened in northern NSW at the same time, and their emissions are taken into account in the WRF-Chem model by using the Fire Inventory from NCAR (FINN) as the emission input. Modelling results using the WRF-Chem model show that for the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, peak concentration of PM10 (and PM2.5) as measured on 14 February 2019 at 05:00 UTC at the monitoring stations of Geraldine, Ashburton, Timaru and Woolston (Christchurch), and about 2 h later at Rangiora and Kaiapoi, correspond to the prediction of high PM10 due to the intrusion of dust to ground level from the transported dust layer above. The Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) observation data from MODIS 3 km Terra/Aqua and CALIOP LiDAR measurements on board CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol LiDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) satellite also indicate that high-altitude dust ranging from 2 km to 6 km, originating from this dust storm event in Australia, was located above Antarctica. This study suggests that the present dust storms in Australia can transport dust from sources in Central Australia to the Tasman sea, New Zealand and Antarctica.
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McTainsh, G. H., and J. R. Pitblado. "Dust storms and related phenomena measured from meteorological records in Australia." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 12, no. 4 (July 1987): 415–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290120407.

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Campbell, David. "Application of an integrated multidisciplinary economic welfare approach to improved wellbeing through Aboriginal caring for country." Rangeland Journal 33, no. 4 (2011): 365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj11025.

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The lands held by Aboriginal people are mostly located in the Australian desert, aside from pastoral country purchased under the Indigenous Land Corporation, they are among the least amenable to agricultural production. Social expectations regarding land use are undergoing a multifunctional transition with a move away from a focus on production, to increased amenity and conservation uses. This change means that Aboriginal people with cultural connections to country enjoy an absolute advantage in managing country through their application of land care involving Indigenous ecological knowledge. An integrated multidisciplinary economic welfare approach, based on data from northern Australia and the central Australian desert, is used to demonstrate the role Aboriginal people can play in caring for country. Such engagement can be to the advantage of Aboriginal people through a multiplicity of private and public good benefits, such as improving Aboriginal health, maintaining biodiversity, and the mitigation of climate change impacts through possible greenhouse gas biosequestration and the reduction of dust storms – which are an important vector of disease.
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Vergadi, Eleni, Glykeria Rouva, Maria Angeli, and Emmanouil Galanakis. "Infectious Diseases Associated with Desert Dust Outbreaks: A Systematic Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 11 (June 5, 2022): 6907. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116907.

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Background: Desert dust outbreaks and dust storms are the major source of particulate matter globally and pose a major threat to human health. We investigated the microorganisms transported with desert dust particles and evaluated their potential impact on human health. Methods: A systematic review of all reports on the association between non-anthropogenic desert dust pollution, dust microorganisms and human health is conducted. Results: In total, 51 articles were included in this review. The affected regions studied were Asia (32/51, 62.7%) followed by Europe (9/51, 17.6%), America (6/51, 11.8%), Africa (4/51, 7.8%) and Australia (1/51, 2.0%). The Sahara Desert was the most frequent source of dust, followed by Asian and American deserts. In 39/51 studies the dust-related microbiome was analyzed, while, in 12/51 reports, the association of desert dust with infectious disease outbreaks was examined. Pathogenic and opportunistic agents were isolated from dust in 24/39 (61.5%) and 29/39 (74.4%) of the studies, respectively. A significant association of dust events with infectious disease outbreaks was found in 10/12 (83.3%) reports. The infectious diseases that were mostly investigated with dust outbreaks were pneumonia, respiratory tract infections, COVID-19, pulmonary tuberculosis and coccidioidomycosis. Conclusions: Desert dust outbreaks are vehicles of a significant number of pathogenic or opportunistic microorganisms and limited data indicate an association between dust events and infectious disease outbreaks. Further research is required to strengthen the correlation between dust events and infectious diseases and subsequently guide preventive public health measures.
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Paton-Walsh, Clare, Peter Rayner, Jack Simmons, Sonya L. Fiddes, Robyn Schofield, Howard Bridgman, Stephanie Beaupark, et al. "A Clean Air Plan for Sydney: An Overview of the Special Issue on Air Quality in New South Wales." Atmosphere 10, no. 12 (December 4, 2019): 774. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10120774.

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This paper presents a summary of the key findings of the special issue of Atmosphere on Air Quality in New South Wales and discusses the implications of the work for policy makers and individuals. This special edition presents new air quality research in Australia undertaken by (or in association with) the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes hub, which is funded by the National Environmental Science Program on behalf of the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment and Energy. Air pollution in Australian cities is generally low, with typical concentrations of key pollutants at much lower levels than experienced in comparable cities in many other parts of the world. Australian cities do experience occasional exceedances in ozone and PM2.5 (above air pollution guidelines), as well as extreme pollution events, often as a result of bushfires, dust storms, or heatwaves. Even in the absence of extreme events, natural emissions play a significant role in influencing the Australian urban environment, due to the remoteness from large regional anthropogenic emission sources. By studying air quality in Australia, we can gain a greater understanding of the underlying atmospheric chemistry and health risks in less polluted atmospheric environments, and the health benefits of continued reduction in air pollution. These conditions may be representative of future air quality scenarios for parts of the Northern Hemisphere, as legislation and cleaner technologies reduce anthropogenic air pollution in European, American, and Asian cities. However, in many instances, current legislation regarding emissions in Australia is significantly more lax than in other developed countries, making Australia vulnerable to worsening air pollution in association with future population growth. The need to avoid complacency is highlighted by recent epidemiological research, reporting associations between air pollution and adverse health outcomes even at air pollutant concentrations that are lower than Australia’s national air quality standards. Improving air quality is expected to improve health outcomes at any pollution level, with specific benefits projected for reductions in long-term exposure to average PM2.5 concentrations.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Dust storms Australia"

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Munday, Christopher Ian. "Characterising and tracking Australian desert dust and its sources." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151624.

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The Lake Eyre Region (LER) in Australia is the primary source of dust in the southern hemisphere. Little is known about the microbial ecology of this area, and its relationship if any to the bacteria found in dust and aerosols. Initially, sediment and adjacent aerosol samples were collected from a small lake in Victoria which routinely deflated. Bacterial populations in both samples were compared by culturing followed by Rep-PCR, and 16S rRNA high throughput sequencing (HTS). Bacillus subtilis isolates of the same Rep type, and sequences representing the same OTUs of Salinomicrobium and Delftia were present in both aerosols and sediment. These results indicated that bacteria could be tracked through the environment regardless of the vast microbial diversity observed using both techniques. Subsequently, bacterial communities in aerosols collected off the coast of Australia were characterised and two different sampling methods compared; filtration and a high volume swirling liquid sampler (OMNI 3000). The weather conditions were calm during both voyages. The microflora of the OMNI samples showed less diversity than the filter samples. Delftia, Methylobacterium, and Stenotrophomonas were present in samples from both voyages. HTS was then used to compare the microbiology of LER sediment, aerosols, and samples collected from major dust storms which affected eastern Australia in September 2009. There was vast microbial diversity within and among LER sediments of different types, desert crusts, salt lake crusts and fluff, collected in the same location, collected over time, and collected in different locations. Comparison of the microflora of dust to LER sediments revealed similarities to samples collected from specific locations that broadly correlated to the proposed source of the dust storm determined by multidisciplinary analyses. Dominant OTUs, representing Delftia, Stenotrophomonas, Acidovorax, and other taxa, were present in dust and source samples, with many of these genera also found in aerosols collected from different locations. Our results highlight the vast microbial diversity across the different samples collected, and has identified some of the dominant taxa in the Australian environment.
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Books on the topic "Dust storms Australia"

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Dicker, Laurie. Dust, dags, drongos and flies: Bush yarns from the outback. Buderim, Qld: Dicker Books, 2011.

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Webb, EK, ed. Windows on Meteorology. CSIRO Publishing, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643101500.

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Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective answers a host of questions about Australia's weather and climate, and explains the underlying causes of floods, droughts and cyclones. Vivid accounts of dust storms and the mysteries of the 'morning glory' cloud lines are revealed.The book highlights the perception in Aboriginal culture of the connection between seasons and natural cycles, through aspects of Aboriginal mythology and language, and contains a unique Aboriginal seasonal calendar. The influence of climate on Australia's wildlife is illustrated with fascinating accounts of the evolution of burrowing frogs, shrimps and desert kangaroos. A history of Australian meteorology from early European settlement onwards, covers subjects such as a nineteenth century view of the links between climate and health, the development of instruments, cloud physics research and the Southern Oscillation connection. The final chapters bring the reader up to date with the most recent technical developments in research and applications such as satellite remote sensing, radar and fast response instruments.
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Murder in Murloo: A Dusty Kent Mystery. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.

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Conference papers on the topic "Dust storms Australia"

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Li, Xiaojing, Linlin Ge, Yusen Dong, and Hsing-Chung Chang. "Estimating the greatest dust storm in eastern Australia with MODIS satellite images." In IGARSS 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2010.5649212.

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Tramutoli, V., C. Filizzola, F. Marchese, G. Mazzeo, R. Paciello, N. Pergola, C. Pietrapertosa, and F. Sannazzaro. "A Robust Satellite Technique (RST) for dust storm detection and monitoring: The case of 2009 Australian event." In IGARSS 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2010.5650621.

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