MODIS satellite data evaluation for sand and dust storm monitoring in Saudi Arabia

MJ Butt, AWS Mashat - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The impacts of wind-blown desert sand and dust are a major concern of environmental and
climate study due to their global extent. This article investigates the sand and dust storms …

Impact of galactic cosmic rays on Earth's atmosphere and human health

AK Singh, D Siingh, RP Singh - Atmospheric Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
The galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) originating from astrophysical sources and traversing
through the interstellar/interplanetary medium reach the terrestrial atmosphere and produce …

[PDF][PDF] Antioxidant protection against cosmic radiation-induced oxidative stress at commercial flight altitude

DR Mitrea, H Moshkenani, O Hoteiuc, C Bidian… - J Physiol …, 2018 - jpp.krakow.pl
It is proposed that at the commercial flight altitude the cosmic radiation affects the human
body and induces the oxidative stress. This review presents data to support this idea and …

On mid-term periodicities in cosmic rays

K Kudela, H Mavromichalaki, A Papaioannou… - Solar Physics, 2010 - Springer
The contributions of quasi-periodic variations of cosmic rays for T> 27 days at the primary
energies to which neutron monitors are sensitive have a rather complicated character. They …

Third harmonic of the 27 day periodicity of galactic cosmic rays: Coupling with interplanetary parameters

I Sabbah, K Kudela - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Spectral analysis of neutron monitors and muon telescope daily averages counts shows a
significant higher harmonic (∼ 9 day) of the 27 day variation of galactic cosmic rays (CRs) …

[PDF][PDF] On energetic particles in space

K Kudela - acta physica slovaca, 2009 - physics.sk
Particles energized above the Earth's atmosphere provide unique informations about
specific physical processes in the outer space. This is an attempt to present a short review of …

Quasi-periodic variations of low energy cosmic rays

K Kudela, I Sabbah - Science China Technological Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Cosmic rays (CR) play an important role in space weather-related studies. Their temporal
variability, both of a quasi-periodic character as well as an irregular one, has been studied …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of desert dust over Kuwait: long–term variation

I Sabbah, HF Al–Mudhaf, A Al–Kandari… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2012 - Elsevier
Aerosol optical measurements acquired with satellite–borne TERRA/Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectro–radiometer (MODIS) sensor were analyzed over Kuwait. The study focuses …

Cosmic ray measurements in High Tatra mountains: 1957–2007

K Kudela, R Langer - Advances in Space Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Lomnický Štít (LS, situated at High Tatra mountain, 2634m above sea level, in the direction
of 49.40° N, 20.22° E; geomagnetic vertical cut-off rigidity for cosmic rays∼ 4GV) is a …

The global temperature anomaly and solar North-South asymmetry

IH Cho, YS Kwak, HY Chang, KS Cho, YH Kim… - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
We investigate whether the global temperature anomaly is associated with the solar North-
South asymmetry using data archived approximately for five solar cycles. We are motivated …