Dust storms in Iran–Distribution, causes, frequencies and impacts

A Rashki, NJ Middleton, AS Goudie - Aeolian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of dust storms in Iran has been a source of interest for centuries, but their
study has increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper reviews recent work …

Photovoltaic potential assessment and dust impacts on photovoltaic systems in Iran

A Gholami, M Ameri, M Zandi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing energy demand, together with environmental concerns, results in a significant
tendency toward the research and development of renewable systems and particularly solar …

Regime shift in Arabian dust activity, triggered by persistent Fertile Crescent drought

M Notaro, Y Yu, OV Kalashnikova - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arabian Peninsula has experienced pronounced interannual to decadal
variability in dust activity, including an abrupt regime shift around 2006 from an inactive dust …

Dust-storm dynamics over Sistan region, Iran: Seasonality, transport characteristics and affected areas

A Rashki, DG Kaskaoutis, P Francois… - Aeolian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Assessment of dust activity and dust-plume pathways over Jazmurian Basin, southeast Iran

A Rashki, M Arjmand, DG Kaskaoutis - Aeolian Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Jazmurian (or hamun-e Jaz Murian) is a dried lake located in a topographic-low basin in
southeast Iran and a major source for high dust emissions under favorable weather …

Multi-criteria photovoltaic potential assessment using fuzzy logic in decision-making: A case study of Iran

A Aryanfar, A Gholami, M Pourgholi… - Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The potential assessment studies provide a comprehensive overview and result in a better
organization of investment resources. However, the analysis showed that studying technical …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol optical depth (AOD): spatial and temporal variations and association with meteorological covariates in Taklimakan desert, China

J Li, X Ge, Q He, A Abbas - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is a key parameter that reflects aerosol characteristics.
However, research on the AOD of dust aerosols and various environmental variables is …

Classification of weather clusters over the Middle East associated with high atmospheric dust-AODs in West Iran

K Mohammadpour, M Sciortino, DG Kaskaoutis - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Daily aerosol optical depth (AOD) and meteorological fields obtained from Monitoring
Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) and ERA-Interim reanalysis, respectively are …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure and health impacts of outdoor particulate matter in two urban and industrialized area of Tabriz, Iran

A Gholampour, R Nabizadeh, S Naseri… - … of Environmental Health …, 2014 - Springer
Numerous studies have shown associations between air pollution and health effects on
human. The aims of the present study were to provide quantitative data on variation of …

Application of aerosol classification methods based on AERONET version 3 product over eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea

E Ozdemir, GT Tuygun, T Elbir - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Aerosols released into the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources and natural events
affect human health, reduce visibility, and alter Earth's radiation budget. Aerosol Optical …