In this article

the principles and methods of the dust storm monitoring with multi

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hannel image from the meteorological satellite are discussed. With the method

the 12 dust storm weather processes that affected a large area in the North China during the period of March to April of year of 2000 were monitored timely. With the analysis of monitoring data

it shows that the dust storm for Beijing region is mainly from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Hebei Province. They provide a valuable information for the government Department in planning for the dust storm prevention.