Impact of deadly dust storms (May 2018) on air quality, meteorological, and atmospheric parameters over the northern parts of India

S Sarkar, A Chauhan, R Kumar, RP Singh - GeoHealth, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The northern part of India, adjoining the Himalaya, is considered as one of the global hot
spots of pollution because of various natural and anthropogenic factors. Throughout the …

Aerosol contamination survey during dust storm process in Northwestern China using ground, satellite observations and atmospheric modeling data

M Filonchyk, H Yan, TME Shareef, S Yang - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
The present survey addresses the comprehensive description of geographic locations,
transport ways, size, and vertical aerosol distribution during four large dust events which …

Investigation of June 2020 giant Saharan dust storm using remote sensing observations and model reanalysis

A Asutosh, V Vinoj, N Murukesh, R Ramisetty… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This paper investigates the characteristics and impact of a major Saharan dust storm during
June 14th–19th 2020 on atmospheric radiative and thermodynamics properties over the …

Statistical evaluation of the dust events at selected stations in Southwest Asia: From the Caspian Sea to the Arabian Sea

A Rashki, DG Kaskaoutis, A Sepehr - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
The central and southwest Asia is usually suffered by dust events of various intensity due to
extended arid/desert regions and, therefore, the statistical evaluation of the dust activity over …

The effect of mixed layer across air mass trajectory pathways on PM2. 5 constituent levels: The case of a major urban center in the Eastern Mediterranean

K Dimitriou, M Tsagkaraki, K Tavernaraki… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Αn advanced three dimensional (3D) version of air mass Concentration Weighted Trajectory
(CWT) model was applied, coupled with Mixed Layer Depth (MLD) estimations across the …

Spatiotemporal variability and contribution of different aerosol types to the aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean

AK Georgoulias, G Alexandri… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
This study characterizes the spatiotemporal variability and relative contribution of different
types of aerosols to the aerosol optical depth (AOD) over the Eastern Mediterranean as …

A multidisciplinary approach to identify dust storm sources based on measurement of alternatives and ranking according to compromise solution (MARCOS): case of …

SS Hosseini Dehshiri, B Firoozabadi, H Afshin - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Dust storms are one of the natural phenomena that occur in different countries, especially in
arid and semiarid regions. This study aimed to identify pathways and dust sources affecting …

Analysis of intense dust storms over the eastern Mediterranean in March 2018: Impact on radiative forcing and Athens air quality

DG Kaskaoutis, UC Dumka, A Rashki… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the multiple dust storms that hit the eastern Mediterranean and Greece
during March 2018, emphasizing on the atmospheric dynamics for their generation, the …

Predicting dust-storm transport pathways using a convolutional neural network and geographic context for impact adaptation and mitigation in urban areas

M Yarmohamadi, AA Alesheikh, M Sharif, H Vahidi - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dust storms are natural disasters that have a serious impact on various aspects of human
life and physical infrastructure, particularly in urban areas causing health risks, reducing …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol types and their climatology over the dust belt region

AE Samman, MJ Butt - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aerosols, both natural and anthropogenic, are an important but complex component of the
Earth's climate system. Their net impact on climate is about equal in magnitude to that of …