Causes of the persistent merging of the western North Pacific subtropical high and the Iran high during late July 2022

R Chen, X Li - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
During late July 2022, the western North Pacific subtropical high (WNPSH) and the Iran high
merge persistently, leading to concurrent extreme climate events over multiple regions. Such …

Spatiotemporal changes in precipitation concentration over Iran during 1962–2019

M Darand, F Pazhoh - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Due to global warming, precipitation concentration is expected to change, and extreme
weather events are likely to occur more frequently. This study investigates the …

Gap-filling of MODIS time series land surface temperature (LST) products using singular spectrum analysis (SSA)

HR Ghafarian Malamiri, I Rousta, H Olafsson, H Zare… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Land surface temperature (LST) is a basic parameter in energy exchange between the land
and the atmosphere, and is frequently used in many sciences such as climatology …

Comparison of harmonic analysis of time series (HANTS) and multi-singular spectrum analysis (M-SSA) in reconstruction of long-gap missing data in NDVI time series

HR Ghafarian Malamiri, H Zare, I Rousta, H Olafsson… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monitoring vegetation changes over time is very important in dry areas such as Iran, given its
pronounced drought-prone agricultural system. Vegetation indices derived from remotely …

Spatial and temporal variations in the incidence of dust storms in Saudi Arabia revealed from in situ observations

S Albugami, S Palmer, J Cinnamon, J Meersmans - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Monthly meteorological data from 27 observation stations provided by the Presidency of
Meteorology and Environment (PME) of Saudi Arabia were used to analyze the spatial and …

The 2000–2017 drought risk assessment of the western and southwestern basins in Iran

I Rousta, H Olafsson, M Moniruzzaman, J Ardö… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2020 - Springer
The study investigates the relationship between drought and vegetation variations in three
main basins of western and southwestern of Iran, using the comprehensive approach of time …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of the recent trends in vegetation dynamics and its relationship with climatological factors using remote sensing data for Caspian Sea watersheds in …

I Rousta, M Mansourmoghaddam, H Olafsson… - Int …, 2022 - researchgate.net
This study used NDVI, ET, and LST satellite images collected by moderate resolution
imaging spectroradiometer and tropical rainfall measuring mission sensors to investigate …

Climatic variables impact on inland lakes water levels and area fluctuations in an arid/semi-arid region of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey based on the remote sensing data

I Rousta, M Sharif, S Heidari, A Kiani, H Olafsson… - Earth Science …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, the impact of vegetation, land surface temperature, and precipitation on
changes in water level and area of seven inland lakes (Urmia lake in Iran, Tharthar, Mosul …

Automatic detection, classification, and long‐term investigation of temporal–spatial changes of atmospheric rivers in the Middle East

N Esfandiari, M Rezaei - International Journal of Climatology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Most water vapour in various subtropical regions is transported by atmospheric rivers (ARs).
It is crucial to study this phenomenon, especially in regions more vulnerable to climate …

Statistical analysis of precipitation variations and its forecasting in Southeast Asia using remote sensing images

A Syed, J Zhang, I Rousta, H Olafsson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Climate Hazard Group InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset was
examined for its variability and performance in explaining precipitation variations …