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Dust rain belongs to the climatological conditions of the Iberian Peninsula's Mediterranean seaboard. Traditionally known as ‘muddy'’ or ‘bloody’ rains, red dust rain has become a topical issue as a result of more frequent rainfall of this kind in recent years. In spite of the difficulties that studying this phenomenon involves, owing to the lack of systematically kept records at meteorological observatories, details are provided of the high frequency of such phenomena within the Spanish Mediterranean area, using records from other phenological sources. The study analyzes the chemical composition of red dust rain and the atmospheric factors giving rise to such phenomena. Whether there is a relationship betwen the higher frequency of dust rain and possible changes in global atmospheric circulation is as yet unclear.
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Sala, J.Q., Cantos, J.O. & Chiva, E.M. Red dust rain within the Spanish Mediterranean area. Climatic Change 32, 215–228 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00143711
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