Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

NL Ng, SS Brown, AT Archibald, E Atlas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) by the nitrate radical (NO 3)
represents one of the important interactions between anthropogenic emissions related to …

Meteorological Radiation Model (MRM v6. 1): Improvements in diffuse radiation estimates and a new approach for implementation of cloud products

HD Kambezidis, BE Psiloglou, D Karagiannis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work reviews techniques and models for solar radiation simulations and communicates
further improvements performed in the Meteorological Radiation Model (MRM) developed at …

Aerosol optical depth trend over the Middle East

K Klingmüller, A Pozzer, S Metzger… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
We use the combined Dark Target/Deep Blue aerosol optical depth (AOD) satellite product
of the moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) collection 6 to study trends …

The role of the Intertropical discontinuity region and the heat low in dust emission and transport over the Thar Desert, India: A Premonsoon case study

UC Dumka, DG Kaskaoutis, D Francis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A severe dust storm occurred over north India during 12–16 June 2018 is analyzed using
satellite observations, reanalysis, ground‐based measurements, and model (Meso‐NH) …

Air quality and climate change: Designing new win-win policies for Europe

M Maione, D Fowler, PS Monks, S Reis… - … Science & Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities are responsible for the emission of gaseous and particulate
pollutants that modify atmospheric composition. Such changes are, in turn, responsible for …

Meteorological, atmospheric and climatic perturbations during major dust storms over Indo-Gangetic Basin

S Kumar, S Kumar, DG Kaskaoutis, RP Singh… - Aeolian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
During the pre-monsoon season (April–June), the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB) suffers from
frequent and intense dust storms originated from the arid and desert regions of southwest …

Spatiotemporal variability and contribution of different aerosol types to the aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean

AK Georgoulias, G Alexandri… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
This study characterizes the spatiotemporal variability and relative contribution of different
types of aerosols to the aerosol optical depth (AOD) over the Eastern Mediterranean as …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of aerosol vertical distribution on aerosol-radiation interaction: A theoretical prospect

AK Mishra, I Koren, Y Rudich - Heliyon, 2015 - cell.com
This study presents a theoretical investigation of the effect of the aerosol vertical distribution
on the aerosol radiative effect (ARE). Four aerosol composition models (dust, polluted dust …

Analysis of intense dust storms over the eastern Mediterranean in March 2018: Impact on radiative forcing and Athens air quality

DG Kaskaoutis, UC Dumka, A Rashki… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the multiple dust storms that hit the eastern Mediterranean and Greece
during March 2018, emphasizing on the atmospheric dynamics for their generation, the …