Long-term variability of dust events in southwestern Iran and its relationship with the drought

NH Hamzeh, DG Kaskaoutis, A Rashki… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dust storms represent a major environmental challenge in the Middle East. The southwest
part of Iran is highly affected by dust events transported from neighboring desert regions …

The effect of combined drought and trace metal elements stress on the physiological response of three Miscanthus hybrids

J Krzyżak, S Rusinowski, K Sitko… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Drought is a serious threat worldwide and has a significant impact on agricultural production
and soil health. It can pose an even greater threat when it involves land contaminated with …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of drought duration and severity on drought recovery period for different land cover types: evaluation using MODIS-based indices

A Fathi-Taperasht, H Shafizadeh-Moghadam… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drought is a slow-onset phenomenon driven by the lack of precipitation, affecting the
performance of plants and functionality of terrestrial ecosystems. In addition to the length …

Mineralogical, geochemical, and textural characteristics of soil and airborne samples during dust storms in Khuzestan, southwest Iran

N MalAmiri, A Rashki, SR Hosseinzadeh… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Dust storms are frequent phenomena in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, leading to
environmental hazards and deleterious impacts on human health. This work analyzes …

Identifying sand and dust storm sources using spatial-temporal analysis of remote sensing data in Central Iran

R Papi, AA Kakroodi, M Soleimani, L Karami, F Amiri… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common meteorological phenomena in arid and semi-arid
regions caused by natural or anthropogenic factors. Central Iran, covers a large area on the …

Drought-induced vulnerability and resilience of different land use types using time series of MODIS-based indices

A Fathi-Taperasht, H Shafizadeh-Moghadam… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is a creeping and complex phenomenon that significantly impacts terrestrial
ecosystem services by reducing the ecosystem's performance and upsetting the balance of …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the contribution of environmental factors in controlling dust pollution during cold and warm months of western Iran using different data mining …

Z Ebrahimi-Khusfi, R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dust pollution is one of the major environmental crises in the arid regions of Iran and there is
a need to predict dust pollution and identify its controlling factors to help reduce its adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal dynamics and driving factors of soil erosion in the Beiluo River Basin, Loess Plateau, China

B Wen, C Huang, C Zhou, H Zhang, Q Yang, M Li - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil erosion reduces soil fertility and land productivity while enhancing desertification, which
seriously threatens ecological security, carbon sequestration, and sustainable economic …

Soil erosion prediction using Markov and CA-Markov chains methods and remote sensing drought indicators

M Mokarram, AR Zarei - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and reduced rainfall in the past decade have resulted in an alarming
increase in soil erosion within arid and semi-arid regions, including southern Iran. Given the …

Predicting the ground-level pollutants concentrations and identifying the influencing factors using machine learning, wavelet transformation, and remote sensing …

Z Ebrahimi-Khusfi, R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the support vector regression
(SVR) model with and without applying wavelet transformation for predicting the PM10, PM2 …