Shrinking water bodies as hotspots of sand and dust storms: The role of land degradation and sustainable soil and water management

C Zucca, N Middleton, U Kang, H Liniger - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) are a natural phenomenon with important impacts on
ecosystems and human society. SDS hotspots are mostly located in drylands, however their …

An overview of bioaerosol load and health impacts associated with dust storms: A focus on the Middle East

Z Soleimani, P Teymouri, AD Boloorani… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dust storms are an important environmental problem worldwide. The main sources of dust
storms include the Sahara, the Middle East, and central and northeastern Asia. Dust …

Extremely hot East Asia and flooding western South Asia in the summer of 2022 tied to reversed flow over Tibetan Plateau

C He, T Zhou, L Zhang, X Chen, W Zhang - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
In the summer (July and August) of 2022, unprecedented heat wave occurred along the
Yangtze River Valley (YRV) over East Asia while unprecedented flood occurred over …

Impact of COVID-19 event on the air quality in Iran

P Broomandi, F Karaca, A Nikfal… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2020 - Springer
The first novel coronavirus case was confirmed in Iran in mid-February 2020. This followed
by the enforcement of lockdown to tackle this contagious disease. This study aims to …

Sand and dust storms: Impact mitigation

N Middleton, U Kang - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
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 …

Climatology of summer Shamal wind in the Middle East

Y Yu, M Notaro, OV Kalashnikova… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Middle Eastern Shamal is a strong north‐northwesterly wind, capable of lifting
dust from the Tigris‐Euphrates basin and transporting it to the Persian Gulf and Arabian …

A review of dust accumulation on PV panels in the MENA and the Far East regions

R Shenouda, MS Abd-Elhady, HA Kandil - Journal of Engineering and …, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents a comprehensive review regarding the published work related to the
effect of dust on the performance of photovoltaic panels in the Middle East and North Africa …

Impact of North African sand and dust storms on the Middle East using Iraq as an example: Causes, sources, and mitigation

SM Awadh - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to determine the reasons for the increase in the frequency of sand and dust
storms in the Middle East and to identify their sources and mitigate them. A set of climatic …

Precise timing of abrupt increase in dust activity in the Middle East coincident with 4.2 ka social change

SA Carolin, RT Walker, CC Day… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The extent to which climate change causes significant societal disruption remains
controversial. An important example is the decline of the Akkadian Empire in northern …

Application of remote sensing techniques and machine learning algorithms in dust source detection and dust source susceptibility mapping

M Boroughani, S Pourhashemi, H Hashemi… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to develop a method to produce a Dust Source Susceptibility
Map (DSSM). For this purpose, we applied remote sensing and statistical-based machine …