Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges

Q **, J Wei, WKM Lau, B Pu, C Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is one of the world's strongest monsoon systems that
brings about eighty percent of the annual rainfall to the Indian subcontinent and impacts the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in MC-ICP-MS applications in Earth and environmental sciences: Challenges and solutions

V Balaram, W Rahaman, P Roy - Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-
MS) in 1992 opened up new opportunities for geochemical, mineral exploration, and …

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 …

Atmospheric dynamics and numerical simulations of six frontal dust storms in the Middle East region

NH Hamzeh, S Karami, DG Kaskaoutis, I Tegen… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study analyzes six frontal dust storms in the Middle East during the cold period (October–
March), aiming to examine the atmospheric circulation patterns and force dynamics that …

Numerical simulations of dust storms originated from dried lakes in central and southwest Asia: The case of Aral Sea and Sistan Basin

S Karami, NH Hamzeh, DG Kaskaoutis, A Rashki… - Aeolian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Ephemeral and dried lakes in southwest and central Asia, such as the Aral Sea and
Hamouns in east Iran, are major sources of dust storms with an increasing tendency during …

Identification and physico-chemical characterization of microplastics in marine aerosols over the northeast Arabian Sea

A Kaushik, P Gupta, A Kumar, M Saha… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in the atmosphere can undergo long-range transport from emission
regions to pristine terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. Due to their inherent toxic and …

Chemical Characterization and Source Apportionment of PM10 Using Receptor Models over the Himalayan Region of India

N Choudhary, A Rai, JC Kuniyal, P Srivastava, R Lata… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents the source apportionment of coarse-mode particulate matter (PM10)
extracted by 3 receptor models (PCA/APCS, UNMIX, and PMF) at semi-urban sites of the …

Hf–Nd–Sr isotopic composition of the tibetan plateau dust as a fingerprint for regional to hemispherical transport

T Wei, J Brahney, Z Dong, S Kang, C Zong… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Large areas of arid regions in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are undergoing desertification and
subsequent aeolian emission and transport. The contribution of TP soils to the atmospheric …

Climatology of the Sistan Levar wind: Atmospheric dynamics driving its onset, duration and withdrawal

M Hamidianpour, SMA Jahanshahi, DG Kaskaoutis… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Levar wind is the dominant meteorological and climatic feature in east Iran, blowing from
Central Asia to the northern coast of the Arabian Sea. It is also known as “120-days wind” …

Vegetation and climate dynamics at the dawn of human settlement: multiproxy palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Hashilan Wetland, western Iran

R Safaierad, R Matthews, L Dupont… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The scarcity of high‐resolution palaeoclimate records from the interior of West Asia has
limited our understanding of the mechanisms of past climate change and their potential …