Study the Dependence Between Climatic Factors and Dust Rise from Inrenal Hotspots in Khouzestan

This research has done to study the relationship between dust storms frequency and climatic factors included monthly rainfall data, monthly average temperature, monthly maximum temperature, maximum wind speed, frequency of dust occurrence from internal Sources and SPI  in northern, Central and coastal part of Jarrahi watershed (cities of Ramhormoz, Omidieh and Mahshahr port) in Khouzestan province were investigated. First of all linear trend in time series using Mann-Kendall test was assessed. Then, using Pearson correlation, the dependence of the dust storm and climatic factors was studied and with path analysis beta weight or participation of each factor in explaining the variance of dependent factor. The results showed that, except in the occurrence of dust phenomena, linear trend is not observed with a gradient (Sen's Slope) of 2 days in 10 years and Pearson correlation confirmed the significance of the dependence of the occurrence of dust on climatic factors at 1% level. The results of the path analysis indicate that two factors of mean temperature and monthly maximum temperature, directly and indirectly, affect the maximum wind speed by more than 50% of explaining the variance of dust storms. The result of a partial correlation matrix showed with temperature effects control none of the climatic factors in storm dust except maximum wind velocity is significant. Thus, the average monthly temperature and maximum temperatures not only directly but indirectly cause changes in other climate factors. Totally climatic factors explain 15% of the variance in the frequency of storm dust.