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Limaye, S.S., Ackerman, S.A., Fry, P.M., Isa, M., Ali, H., Ali, G., Wright, A. and Rangno, A. (1992). Satellite monitoring of smoke from the Kuwait oil fires. Journal of Geophysical Research 97: doi: 10.1029/92JD01100. issn: 0148-0227. |
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The smoke from the oil fires in Kuwait was easily visible in observations from weather satellites in polar and geosynchronous orbits. A portable work station provided these data for planning the National Center for Atmospheric Research and University of Washington research aircraft flights out of Bahrain during the Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment. Meteosat visible and infrared satellite observations indicate that the smoke often traveled southeast along the west shore of the Persian Gulf as far as Bahrain, at which point it typically turned west or continued south toward the Arabian coast. The smoke was difficult to detect from satellite observations as it moved over water and at large distances from the source during the night from infrared observations. Also notable among the daily satellite images were the frequent, intense dust storms that seemed to form in Syria and northern Iraq and transport dust southeastward over Kuwait, and often to northwestern Saudi Arabia. Clouds were virtually absent during the months of May and June within the first several hundred kilometers along the plume direction. Surface temperatures in Bahrain during April and August 1991 were lower than average by as much as 1¿--3.2¿C, and are significant compared to the climatological variability of average minimum and mean temperatures for the summer months. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992 |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pollution—urban and regional, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Transmission and scattering of radiation, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Radiative processes |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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