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Table 4 Calendar of confirmed and suspected dust-storm events as identified by either a meteorology observer at Larnaca airport and/or uncharacteristic levels of PM10.

From: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms

Year

Dates

Number of days

Max number of consecutive days

1995

9 Apr*

1

1

1996

7 Feb#, 8 Feb, 9 Feb

3

3

1997

22 Apr*, 8 Dec

2

1

1998

16 Mar, 27 Mar, 28 Mar, 5 Jul

4

2

1999

17 Feb*, 19 Mar, 30 Mar, 7 May

4

1

2000

4 Apr#, 5 Apr#, 6 Apr#, 13 Apr, 18 Apr, 19 Apr, 18 Nov, 30 Dec*

8

3

2001

27 Feb*, 28 Feb*, 1 Mar, 18 Apr, 19 Apr, 22 Apr, 1 May, 13 May

8

3

2002

31 Mar*, 5 Apr, 6 Apr, 15 Apr, 1 Oct*, 19 Oct, 20 Oct, 10 Nov

8

2

2003

13 Jan, 2 Feb, 18 Feb*, 2 Mar*, 18 Mar, 19 Mar, 3 Apr, 4 Apr, 5 Apr, 6 Apr, 17 Apr*, 24 Apr, 29 May, 30 May, 11 Sept, 17 Sept

16

4

2004

16 Jan, 22 Jan#, 5 Mar, 27 Mar, 7 May, 10 May, 26 Oct#, 27 Oct#

9

2

Total

 

63

4

  1. Notes: * Days which were identified as dust storms by the Meteorological services but for which levels of PM10 were not uncharacteristically high at either station, n = 11, possibly indicating dust storms of milder intensity # Days which were not identified as dust storms by the Meteorological Services but PM10 were uncharacteristically high at both stations, n = 7.