DustWatch report April 2017

Dust activity: Reduced from last month; higher than April average

Date
7 July 2017
Publisher
Office of Environment and Heritage
Type
Publication, Report
Cost
Free
Language
English
Tags
  • ISSN 2206-3161
  • ID OEH20170004
  • File PDF 1.3MB
  • Pages 5
  • Name dustwatch-report-april-2017-170004.pdf

There was a large reduction in dust activity in April 2017 compared to the previous month; however, the values were higher compared to the April average since 2010. Most of dust was in the southern part of the network and occurred on 9 April. Strong south westerly winds that exceeding 50km/h at some sites caused the widespread dust.