Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

The Temporal Analysis of Dust Storms in Khoramabad Synoptic Station

Authors
Yousef Ghavidel rahimi 1
Manouchehr Farajzadeh 2
esmaeel Lashani Zand 3
1 Associate Professor, Department of Climatology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Climatology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3 Masters of Climate Hazards at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
10.29252/jgs.18.51.87
Abstract
In this study, the changes in the Khorramabad storm in the period of 1952 to 2015 have been investigated. For this purpose, data from meteorological codes 06 and 07 were received from the Meteorological Organization of the country, and after identifying the days of winding with dust storms and calculating their monthly frequency, monthly, seasonal and annual time series were analyzed. In this study, descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, linear and polynomial trend analysis, and nonparametric Mann-Kendal test were used to study the frequency variation of dust storms in Khorramabad station. The results of the research showed that the monthly frequency of dust storms in Khorramabad station in the middle of May, July and June is May and July, respectively, and from May to July (May to July), the frequency of storms in the dust and dust Khoramabad station is added that this issue is not related to the district heating and dry season. In the seasonal season other than the autumn, which is not frequent with frequent dust storms, in the rest of the seasons, especially in spring and summer, the seasonal concentration of dust storms in Khoramabad has been intensified. The analysis of the trend of time variation in the occurrence of dust storms in Khorramabad station showed that in most of the months of the year and in the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, as well as in the annual period, there was a significant change in the frequency of dust storms in Khorramabad station. It is increasing with a relatively steep slope, indicating that in the future, the frequency of dust storms in Khorramabad station will be increased.
Keywords
Dust storms
climatic hazard
temporal variation
Trend
Khorramabad
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