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Calendar of confirmed and suspected dust-storm events as identified by either a meteorology observer at Larnaca airport and/or uncharacteristic levels of PM10. |
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| Year |
Dates |
Number of days |
Max number of consecutive days |
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| 1995 |
9 Apr* |
1 |
1 |
| 1996 |
7 Feb#, 8 Feb, 9 Feb |
3 |
3 |
| 1997 |
22 Apr*, 8 Dec |
2 |
1 |
| 1998 |
16 Mar, 27 Mar, 28 Mar, 5 Jul |
4 |
2 |
| 1999 |
17 Feb*, 19 Mar, 30 Mar, 7 May |
4 |
1 |
| 2000 |
4 Apr#, 5 Apr#, 6 Apr#, 13 Apr, 18 Apr, 19 Apr, 18 Nov, 30 Dec* |
8 |
3 |
| 2001 |
27 Feb*, 28 Feb*, 1 Mar, 18 Apr, 19 Apr, 22 Apr, 1 May, 13 May |
8 |
3 |
| 2002 |
31 Mar*, 5 Apr, 6 Apr, 15 Apr, 1 Oct*, 19 Oct, 20 Oct, 10 Nov |
8 |
2 |
| 2003 |
13 Jan, 2 Feb, 18 Feb*, 2 Mar*, 18 Mar, 19 Mar, 3 Apr, 4 Apr, 5 Apr, 6 Apr, 17 Apr*, 24 Apr, 29 May, 30 May, 11 Sept, 17 Sept |
16 |
4 |
| 2004 |
16 Jan, 22 Jan#, 5 Mar, 27 Mar, 7 May, 10 May, 26 Oct#, 27 Oct# |
9 |
2 |
| Total |
63 |
4 |
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Notes: * Days which were identified as dust storms by the Meteorological services but for which levels of PM10 were not uncharacteristically high at either station, n = 11, possibly indicating dust storms of milder intensity # Days which were not identified as dust storms by the Meteorological Services but PM10 were uncharacteristically high at both stations, n = 7. | |||
Middleton et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:39 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-39 |
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