Nowadays, dried lakes have turned into important dust sources with serious environmental,
climatic and socio-economic impacts. In this study, climatic, terrestrial and anthropogenic …

The average monthly profiles of the dust extinction coefficient (ε) were analyzed according to
the CALIOP lidar data from 2006–2021 for 24 cells (size of 2°× 5°) in the Aral-Caspian arid …

This study investigates four types of synoptic dust events in the Middle East region, including
cyclonic, pre-frontal, post-frontal and Shamal dust storms. For each of these types, three …

Nowadays, dried lake beds constitute the largest source of saline dust storms, with serious
environmental and health issues in the surrounding areas. In this study, we examined the …

The dust storms with local and non-local dust sources mostly affect Khuzestan province in
southwest (SW) Iran. In this study, the role of the low-level jet in the activation of the internal …

Dust storms create some of the most critical air quality problems in the world; the Middle
East, located in the dust belt, suffers substantially from dust storms. Iran, as a country in the …

This study investigates sand and dust storms under RCP scenarios over the West Asia. The
RegCM 4.7 was employed to simulate the dust event with non-hydrostatic core, a horizontal …

Turkey is located in the heart of complex transition geography between Eurasia and the
Middle East. In the grand scheme, the so-called eastern Mediterranean Basin is located …

Dried lake beds are one of the largest sources of dust in the world, causing environmental
problems in the surrounding areas. In this study, the desiccated Urmia Lake was the primary …

This study examines the spatio-temporal variations of ambient air pollution from fine
particulates below 2.5 µm (PM2. 5) and particulate matter below 10 µm (PM10) in three of …