Analyzes the current status of dust and sand storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan

Highlights the relationship between dust/sand storms and land degradation/desertification, as well as regional environmental changes

Examines the sources of dust storms, their frequency and duration, as well as favorable conditions for the formation of storms

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Eldiiar Duulatov is a PhD, Research Associate at the Geography Department of Adyshev Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic and Senior Lecturer at the Geography, Ecology and Tourism Dept., Kyrgyz National University. His research interests are focused on problems of soil erosion, climate change-induced rainfall erosivity, water resources and hydrological modeling in the upper stream of the Syrdarya Basin. Xi Chen is a Professor on Hydrology, Ecosystem, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System of Arid land. He is a Vice President of the Xinjiang branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and General Director of the Research Center for Ecology and Environmental of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Gulnura Issanova is a PhD in Natural Sciences and is an Associate Professor at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. As well as scientist and researcher at Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry and at Research Centre for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her research interests are focused on problems of soil degradation and desertification, Aeolian processes and water resources in Central Asian countries. Rustam Orozbaev is an acting director at the Institute of Geology n.a. M. Adyshev, National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic and senior research scientist. His research areas are geology, petrology, tectonics, mining, and environmental geology of the Tien-Shan Mts. Yerbolat Mukanov is a PhD in Natural Sciences. Head of the Agro-meteorological forecasting division in Department of Agrometeorological Monitoring and Forecasting at RSE Kazhydromet (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan. His research interests are focused on Agriculture, Climate Change, Hydrology, Soil degradation, and Desertification. Amobichukwu C. Amanambu is an MSc in Geography, Water and Environmental Management. His research focus is on watershed Hydrology that includes flooding, erosion, water resources, and river processes. He interested in applying methodologies from Remote Sensing and GIS in many of his research.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Status of storms in central Asia and environmental problems.- Natural conditions of central Asian deserts and land cover changes.- Spatial and temporal distribution of dust and sand storms.- Storms and land degradation relationship.- Dust storms in Kazakhstan.- Aeolian transportation of dust and sand in deserts of Kazakhstan.- Conclusions.