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School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, 4111, Australia
Katherine Bracco
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Dust events occur more frequently during the Austral spring and summer in dust regions, including central Australia, the southwest of Western Australia, and the northern and southern regions of eastern Australia using remote sensing and reanalysis datasets. High-concentration dust is distributed around central Australia and in the downwind northern and southern Australia. Typically, around 50 % of the dust lifted settles on Australian land, with the remaining half being deposited in the ocean.
Dust events occur more frequently during the Austral spring and summer in dust regions,...
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