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11st International Workshop: LR Transport and Impacts of African Dust on the Americas

WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS):

Scientific Cooperation Initiative for Americas

Liisa Jalkanen Slobodan NickovicResearch Department

World Meteorological Organization

William SpriggChapman University

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SDS PROCESS

Driven by and interacting with the atmosphere

Afghanistan dry lake dust sources MODIS 2, June 2001

dust

dustdust

Global process based on local origins

Source: S. Kinne MPI, Hamburg, Germany

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18 UTC, 7 May 2002 30-hr forecast

Forecast Models

GALIONSurface-based LIDAR

Dust Integrated System Components:

NASA A-Train MODIS CALIPSO

Total count = 90

AERONET-LTOther

GAW/AERONET/SKYNET Surface-based AODEuropean PM10

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SDS Impacts

Human health(Asthma, infections, Meningitis in Africa, Valley Fever in the America’s) Agriculture (negative &

positive impacts) Marine productivity Industry (e.g. semiconductors) Aviation ( air disasters) Ground transportation Tourism Climate

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Pre-SDS-WAS history

Late 80’es: First demonstration that SDS dynamic simulations

are possible

90’es:First satellite products capable to detect SDS First successful daily SDS forecast testFirst long-term daily SDS forecasts

2000’s:Fast developments in dust observations and

forecasting models

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2004: Beijing, China: International Symposium on SDS & a WMO Experts Workshop on SDS.

2005: More than 40 Member countries indicated interest to cooperate in SDS-WAS.

2006: Beijing, China meeting: established the Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS) activities.

2007: the 14th WMO Congress endorsed launching of the SDS-WAS

2011: WWRP JSC approved the SDS-WAS Implementation Plan (2011-2015)

Brief SDS-WAS history

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Selected examples of dust forecasting systems

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SDS-WAS Activity Nodes andcountries expressed interest to cooperate

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SDS-WAS: A Federated System of Regional Nodes: Modelling, Research, Observations and Users

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WMO SDS-WAS programmeRegional Center for Northern Africa, Middle East

and Europe

Enric Terradellas, José M. Baldasano and Emilio Cuevas

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Objectives of the Regional Center

Identify and improve products to monitor and predict atmospheric dust by working with research and operational organizations, as well as with users

Facilitate user access to information Strengthen the capacity of countries to use the

observations, analysis and predictions provided by the WMO SDS-WAS programme

MODIS Terra 22 June 2009. MODIS Rapid Response Team:

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SDS-Africa

Tamanrasset, Algeria Cairo, Egypt

AEMET has set two AERONET stations in N Africa (in Algeria and Egypt) and it is about to set two more (in Morocco and Tunisia)

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Regional Node for Asia

Hosted by:The Centre for the Atmospheric Watch and

Services of the National Satellite Meteorological Centre and National Meteorological Centre of CMA

Consortium of partners from China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia and other interested countries in the region.

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With DA

Without DA

3月17日08时-3月19日08时

FY-2C + 2D

Operational SDS Data Assimilation at CMA

Assimilation

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WWRP/GAW SDS-WAS Mission

To enhance the ability of countries to deliver: timely and quality forecasts of SDS observations of dust aerosols Provide information and knowledge to usersthrough an international partnership of research and

transfer of experimental products to operations

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Initiative to establish a new SDS-WAS nodefor Pan-American region

Proposed by Chapman University (CU), Orange, CA Coordinated by Prof William Sprigg (CU) in cooperation with the

WMO Secretariat There is a critical “mass” of dust-based research in the US

(simulation/prediction dust models, remote sensing, process studies) NASA NCEP USGS US Navy Several universities

CU willing to dedicate resources to be the SDS regional centre for Americas

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Initiative to establish new Pan-American SDS-WAS node

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U.S. State AQ, Health & Transportation AgenciesUniversity Research GroupsFederal Agencies (CDC, DOD, DOT, EPA, NASA, NIH,

NOAA, USDA, USGS)

Pan-Am PartnersMexico-US Border Health CommissionPan-American Health Organization

Partners being sought, e.g. in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico

Future Pan-Am Regional SDS-WAS Centre: Potential Partners

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7:45 PM Phoenix as the dust storm neared.

W.A.Sprigg, S. Nickovic, G. Pejanovic, J. Galgiani, A. Vukovic

Phoenix (Arizona) Haboob, 5 July 2005

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DUST SIMULATION – 6-km model 10m WIND MAGNITUDE

W.A.Sprigg, S. Nickovic, G. Pejanovic, A. Vukovic

NASA Applied Science support ledto this high-resolution forecast &simulation capability

Successful simulation of the Phoenix haboob(Chapman University dust modelling group)

Phoenix

Phoenix

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Collaboration critical for success!

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http://sds-was.aemet.es

[email protected]

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231st International Workshop: LR Transport and Impacts of African Dust on the AmericasAsian Node Web Portal under development

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