The dust load and radiative impact associated with the June 2020 historical Saharan dust storm

D Francis, N Nelli, R Fonseca, M Weston… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
In June 2020, a major dust outbreak occurred in the Sahara that impacted the tropical
Atlantic Ocean. In this study, the dust load and radiative forcing of the dust plumes on both …

A multi-objective framework to select numerical options in air quality prediction models: A case study on dust storm modeling

SSH Dehshiri, B Firoozabadi - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerical weather prediction models are very important tools in predicting severe weather
phenomena such as dust storms. However, the prediction accuracy in these models …

Aerosol optical depth forecast over global dust belt based on LSTM, CNN-LSTM, CONV-LSTM and FFT algorithms

N Daoud, M Eltahan… - IEEE EUROCON 2021 …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aerosols are sources of the uncertainty in the global atmosphere and climate. They have
many critical health, economic and social impacts. In this paper, we assess prediction of …

Dust storm event of February 2019 in Central and East Coast of Australia and evidence of long-range transport to New Zealand and Antarctica

HD Nguyen, M Riley, J Leys, D Salter - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Between 11 and 15 February 2019, a dust storm originating in Central Australia with
persistent westerly and south westerly winds caused high particle concentrations at many …

Statistical analysis of the variability of reactive trace gases (SO2, NO2 and ozone) in Greater Cairo during dust storm events

M Boraiy, M El-Metwally, A Wheida, M El-Nazer… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2023 - Springer
The data of 17 air quality monitoring stations of Greater Cairo are used to perform a
statistical analysis aiming to detect any heterogeneous surface effects of mineral dust on the …

Improving dust simulations in WRF-Chem v4. 1.3 coupled with the GOCART aerosol module

A Ukhov, R Ahmadov, G Grell… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
In this paper, we rectify inconsistencies that emerge in the Weather Research and
Forecasting model with chemistry (WRF-Chem) v3. 2 code when using the Goddard …

A grid independence study to select computational parameters in dust storm prediction models: A sensitive analysis

SSH Dehshiri, B Firoozabadi - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Grid options are computational parameters that lead to proper numerical accuracy in air
quality simulation and their selection is challenging. Therefore, the present study intends to …

Evaluation of dust extinction and vertical profiles simulated by WRF-Chem with CALIPSO and AERONET over North Africa

AAS Chaibou, X Ma, KR Kumar, H Jia, Y Tang… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) is
applied to compare the simulated dust content and extinction coefficients from the Goddard …

Development of a dust source map for WRF-Chem model based on MODIS NDVI

C Spyrou, S Solomos, NS Bartsotas, KC Douvis… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
We present the development of a physically-based dust source map for the GOCART-AFWA
dust module in WRF-Chem model. The new parameterization is based on MODIS-NDVI and …

The Tibetan Plateau as dust aerosol transit station in middle troposphere over northern East Asia: A case study

J Cao, S Chen - Atmospheric research, 2022 - Elsevier
In the process of dust transport, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a significant role because of
its high topography. A dust event occurred from 2 to 5 April 2018 was chosen to study the …