Classification of Sandstorms in Saudi Arabia
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2021, 11, 177-193 https://www.scirp.org/journal/acs ISSN Online: 2160-0422 ISSN Print: 2160-0414 Classification of Sandstorms in Saudi Arabia Ayisha A. Arishi Jazan University, Jazan, KSA How to cite this paper: Arishi, A.A. (2021) Abstract Classification of Sandstorms in Saudi Ara- bia. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 11, The aim of the study is to classify the Sandstorms according to year seasons as 177-193. well as their spatial variation in Saudi Arabia. Factor analysis has been used https://doi.org/10.4236/acs.2021.111012 for data collection. Three factors have been presented: the first factor related Received: November 14, 2020 to Spring as a prime Season for Dust Sandstorms. Factor two shows that Sa- Accepted: January 23, 2021 mar months concern as ascend season for Sandstorms, while the Autumn Published: January 26, 2021 Season comes as a third period for Dust Sandstorms. With regard to spatial variation, Al-Ahsa station came as the most closely related station in the Copyright © 2021 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. spring season, followed by Hafr Elbatten, Jazan and Al-Jouf stations, while This work is licensed under the Creative Jazan and Yenbo stations were the most connected stations in the summer Commons Attribution International season, Turaif is more closely related, to Fall season. By the end of the study License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ several results and recommendations have been addressed. Open Access Keywords Sandstorms, Classification, Spatial Variation, Saudi Arabia 1. Introduction Sandstorm is meteorological phenomenon in which the wind speed increases to reach between 54 and 63 km/h, the relative humidity drops to less than 70%, and is loaded with dust and sand raised from topsoil, sand wedge, sand dune, where the winds raise the dust to high altitudes of thousand meters.
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