The dustworkshop9 is a scientific forum to analyse and discuss the state of the art research on dust, its connections to air quality, environmental impacts and climate.

The dustworkshop9 develops under the umbrella of the WMO SDS-WAS programme.

History of the Sand & Dust-storms and Associated Dustfall Workshops:

1^st Workshop,           Seoul, Korea,                        March 2002

2^nd Workshop,          Nagoya, Japan,                      November 2003

3^rd Workshop,           Huhhot, China,                      August 2005

4^th Workshop,           Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia        April 2007

5^th Workshop,           Urumqi, China,                      May 2008

6^th Workshop,           Glyfada, Greece,                    October 2011

7^th Workshop,           Frascati, Italy,                        December 2013

8^th Workshop,           Lisbon, Portugal,                  May 2016

9^th Workshop,          Tenerife, Spain,                   May 2018