A Numerical Simulation of “5.5” Super-Duststorm in Northern China

Combining the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale (MM4) model, the dust transport model and an atmospheric radiative transfer model, a super duststorm process occurred in the Gansu province on 5 May 1993 has been simu-lated. Based on the observations of duststorms occurred in the northern China and the field measurements of dust particles’ physical and optical properties, model simulating dust plume transport processes and dust particle radiative forcing have been developed. The models are described and verified with real cases of duststorms.