The Effects of Sandstorms on the Climate of Northwestern China

Table 1

The radiation force of aerosols in sandstorms cases.

Time	Location	Radiation	Reference
From April to September, 2001	Tengger Desert; (37°27′535′′N, 105°00′643′′E, altitude 1339 m)	The global radiation reduced 10–90% in sand and dust weather; average attenuation is about 38%.	Xin et al. (2003) [16]
April 10, 2006	Taklimakan Desert; (83°40′E, 39°N, altitude 1099.3 m)	The global radiation reduced 94.5%.	Li et al. (2011) [17]
April 22, 2007	Taklimakan Desert hinterland; (83°39′E, 38°58′N, altitude 1099.3 m)	Global radiation reduced by 59%; the average dust radiation force in Taklimakan Desert is about 50% during the observation.	Kong et al. (2008) [18]
April 23, 1991	Desert station near Zhangye; (39°26′N, 100°12′E)	The surface global radiation reduced 83.1 W m^−2.	Shen and Wei (2000) [19]
April 23, 1991	Zhangye Station; (38°50′N, 100°23′E)	The surface global radiation reduced 60.0 W m^−2.	Shen and Wei (2000) [19]
March 27, 2004	Beijing	The global radiation reduced 37.8% during the sandstorm.	Hu et al. (2005) [20]