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2016 SoE Land Dust storm activity across Australia - 2008

Map showing dust storm activity across Australia based on 356 stations, in 2008. Underpinning data provided by Dustwatch Australia. For further information see: http://www.dustwatch.edu.au/index.php/modelled-wind-erosion/continental-erosion AND McTainsh G, Leys J, O’Loingsigh T, Strong C. Wind erosion and land management in Australia during 1940-1949 and 2000-2009. Report prepared by the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on behalf of the State of the Environment 2011 Committee. Canberra: DSEWPaC, 2011.

Map prepared by the Department of Environment and Energy in order to produce Figure LAN24 (2008) in the Land theme of Australia State of the Environment 2016 available at http://www.soe.environment.gov.au

The map service can be viewed at: http://soe.terria.io/#share=s-tME0Xnps90AhlyGadxSLrCSMuFr

Downloadable spatial data also available below.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Title 2016 SoE Land Dust storm activity across Australia - 2008
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Data Status active
Update Frequency never
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7609559b-2d1c-4d24-92ed-abbc70bf6b8c
Date Published 2017-02-01
Date Updated 2023-08-09
Contact Point
State of the Environment
soe@environment.gov.au
Temporal Coverage 2017-02-01 02:17:41
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Data Portal data.gov.au
Publisher/Agency State of the Environment