Dust Storms using Emissions Climatology

Dust modeling requires some assimilative techniques
Emission climatology may not represent current conditions:
- Recent rain ‐ causes crusting and higher thresholds
- Seasonal rain ‐ lack of or excessive vegetation
- Previous dust storms ‐ lack of erodible material
- Previous flooding events ‐ excessive erodible material
Analyze climatology files to find maximum emission factors
Adjust threshold velocities as needed to trigger emissions