[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean cyclones: Current knowledge and open questions on dynamics, prediction, climatology and impacts

E Flaounas, S Davolio, S Raveh-Rubin… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
A large number of intense cyclones occur every year in the Mediterranean basin, one of the
climate change hotspots. Producing a broad range of severe socio-economic and …

Air pollution terrain nexus: A review considering energy generation and consumption

XC Wang, JJ Klemeš, X Dong, W Fan, Z Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Air pollution caused by energy generation and consumption is both a global as well as
localised issue. It contributes to global warming along with degradation in human health …

[HTML][HTML] Multiannual assessment of the desert dust impact on air quality in Italy combining PM10 data with physics-based and geostatistical models

F Barnaba, NA Romero, A Bolignano, S Basart… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Desert dust storms pose real threats to air quality and health of millions of people in source
regions, with associated impacts extending to downwind areas. Europe (EU) is frequently …

Dust emission modeling using a new high‐resolution dust source function in WRF‐Chem with implications for air quality

SP Parajuli, GL Stenchikov, A Ukhov… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Air‐borne dust affects all aspects of human life. The sources of dust have high spatial
variation and a better quantification of dust emission helps to identify remediation measures …

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 …

Intense desert dust event in the northern Adriatic (March 2020); insights from the numerical model application and chemical characterization results

B Mifka, M Telišman Prtenjak… - Earth and space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The uncharacteristically extreme outbreak of particulate matter took place over the Balkan
region from 27 to 30 March 2020. Observations at air quality stations in Croatia recorded …

Dust emission and transport in Northwest China: WRF-Chem simulation and comparisons with multi-sensor observations

J Zhao, X Ma, S Wu, T Sha - Atmospheric Research, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF-
Chem) is employed to simulate a dust process in Northwest China during May 2018. The …

An inclusive view of Saharan dust advections to Italy and the Central Mediterranean

GP Gobbi, F Barnaba, L Di Liberto, A Bolignano… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
We address observations of physical and chemical properties of Saharan dust advections
(SDA) as observed in the Central Mediterranean basin, within the framework of the LIFE+ …

Effects of biomass burning on chlorophyll-a concentration and particulate organic carbon in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean based on satellite observations and …

W Wang, C Luo, L Sheng, C Zhao, Y Zhou… - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the impact of aerosols on marine ecology has received increasing attention.
However, the research on this aspect mainly focuses on the aspect of dust aerosols. As an …

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 …