Research on aerosol sources and chemical composition: Past, current and emerging issues

AI Calvo, C Alves, A Castro, V Pont, AM Vicente… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
In spite of considerable progresses in recent years, a quantitative and predictive
understanding of atmospheric aerosol sources, chemical composition, transformation …

Lidar measurements for desert dust characterization: an overview

L Mona, Z Liu, D Müller, A Omar… - Advances in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We provide an overview of light detection and ranging (lidar) capability for describing and
characterizing desert dust. This paper summarizes lidar techniques, observations, and …

Size distribution, mass concentration, chemical and mineralogical composition and derived optical parameters of the boundary layer aerosol at Tinfou, Morocco …

K Kandler, L Schütz, C Deutscher, M Ebert… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
During the SAMUM 2006 field campaign in southern Morocco, physical and chemical
properties of desert aerosols were measured. Mass concentrations ranging from 30μgm− 3 …

[HTML][HTML] ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): a global fine-resolution dust optical depth data set

A Gkikas, E Proestakis, V Amiridis… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
Monitoring and describing the spatiotemporal variability in dust aerosols is crucial for
understanding their multiple effects, related feedbacks, and impacts within the Earth system …

Recent global aerosol optical depth variations and trends—A comparative study using MODIS and MISR level 3 datasets

M Mehta, R Singh, A Singh, N Singh - Remote sensing of environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Aerosol distribution at global and regional scales is one of the crucial parameters for climate
change assessment. The study presents global spatio-temporal variations in aerosol optical …

The Amsterdam–Granada light scattering database

O Muñoz, F Moreno, D Guirado, DD Dabrowska… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Amsterdam Light Scattering Database proved to be a very successful way of promoting
the use of the data obtained with the Amsterdam Light Scattering apparatus at optical …

Overview of the chemistry-aerosol Mediterranean experiment/aerosol direct radiative forcing on the Mediterranean climate (ChArMEx/ADRIMED) summer 2013 …

M Mallet, F Dulac, P Formenti, P Nabat… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx; http://charmex. lsce. ipsl. fr) is
a collaborative research program federating international activities to investigate …

Mediterranean intense desert dust outbreaks and their vertical structure based on remote sensing data

A Gkikas, S Basart, N Hatzianastassiou… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The main aim of the present study is to describe the vertical structure of the intense
Mediterranean dust outbreaks, based on the use of satellite and surface-based retrievals …

The regime of intense desert dust episodes in the Mediterranean based on contemporary satellite observations and ground measurements

A Gkikas, N Hatzianastassiou… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The regime of intense desert dust (DD) episodes over the broader Mediterranean Basin is
studied for the period 2000–2007 at a complete spatial coverage. An objective and dynamic …

Spatial distribution and temporal trend of airborne trace metal deposition in Albania studied by moss biomonitoring

P Lazo, T Stafilov, F Qarri, S Allajbeu, L Bekteshi… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study describes the assessment of air quality in Albania using moss biomonitoring. The
moss species, Hypnum cupressiforme (Hedw) sps., was used in this study. Mosses were …