Dust Frequency by WMO Station

Average annual and monthly number of days with dusty weather for Iran, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia

This dataset contains information on the frequency of dust storms for 32 Middle-Eastern weather stations during the latest global standard normals period, 1961-1990. For each weather station, the station's name, ID, and geolocation are available.

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the ResourceObject:

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View the data:

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Visualization

Plot dust frequency from January to December for WMO stations in Iran:

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DateListPlot[
Select[ResourceData["Dust Frequency by WMO Station"], MatchQ["Country" /. Normal[#], Entity["Country", "Iran"]] &][
All, {6 ;; 17}], AxesOrigin -> {Automatic, 0}, Axes -> True]

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Show annual dust frequency at each WMO station location in Iran :

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GeoRegionValuePlot[
ResourceData["Dust Frequency by WMO Station"][
Select[#Country == Entity["Country", "Iran"] &]][
All, #Coordinates -> #AnnualComputedValue &]]

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Bibliographic Citation

Wolfram Research, "Dust Frequency by WMO Station" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016) https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.82002.data

License Information

Public Domain

Data Resource History

Date Created: 20 July 2016

Source Metadata

Title: Number Days With Dust
Creator: World Meteorological Organization
Publisher: United Nations Statistics Division
Date: 14 July 2010
Coverage: Iran, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia 1961-1990
Language: English
Source: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=CLINO&f=ElementCode%3a62

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Publisher Information

Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research