Barren ground and sites with low coverage by vegetation (eg, dunes, soil surfaces, dry
lakes, and riverbeds) are the main source areas of sand and dust storms (SDS). The …

Background: Dust storms and their impacts on health are becoming a major public health
issue. The current study examines the health impacts of dust storms around the world to …

Sand and dust storms (SDS) play an integral role in the Earth system but they also present a
range of hazards to the environmental and economic sustainability of human society. These …

This study examines the influence of changes in the water coverage in the Hamoun dry-bed
lakes on visibility, dust outbreaks, aerosol loading and land–atmospheric fluxes over the …

The present work examines the seasonality, dust-plume altitudinal variation and affected
areas for dust storms originated from the Sistan region, southeastern Iran during the summer …

Dust storms are considered as one of the most important environmental challenges in the
West Asia region. In addition to the harmful impacts of dust storms on human health, they …

Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common meteorological phenomena in arid and semi-arid
regions caused by natural or anthropogenic factors. Central Iran, covers a large area on the …

Dust storms are considered natural hazards that seriously affect atmospheric conditions,
ecosystems and human health. A key requirement for investigating the dust life cycle is the …

Abstract The Tigris and Euphrates basin (TEB) has long been one of the active dust sources
in the Middle East. In the last four decades, inefficient water resources management has …

Background and objective: Dust is one of the most important destructive climatic phenomena
that cause great damage to human health and the environment every year. In Iran, due to …