Meteorological Radiation Model (MRM v6. 1): Improvements in diffuse radiation estimates and a new approach for implementation of cloud products

HD Kambezidis, BE Psiloglou, D Karagiannis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work reviews techniques and models for solar radiation simulations and communicates
further improvements performed in the Meteorological Radiation Model (MRM) developed at …

[HTML][HTML] Dust storms in northern China: Long-term spatiotemporal characteristics and climate controls

Q Guan, X Sun, J Yang, B Pan, S Zhao… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Airborne dust derived from desertification in northern China can be transported to East Asia
and other regions, impairing human health and affecting the global climate. This study of …

Comparison between MRM simulations, CAMS and PVGIS databases with measured solar radiation components at the Methoni station, Greece

BE Psiloglou, HD Kambezidis, DG Kaskaoutis… - Renewable energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines the performance of the estimated solar radiation components obtained
via the Meteorological Radiation Model, satellite-based data sets (CAMS, PVGIS-CMSAF …

Meteorological aspects associated with dust storms in the Sistan region, southeastern Iran

DG Kaskaoutis, A Rashki, EE Houssos, A Mofidi… - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
Dust storms are considered natural hazards that seriously affect atmospheric conditions,
ecosystems and human health. A key requirement for investigating the dust life cycle is the …

The Caspian Sea–Hindu Kush Index (CasHKI): a regulatory factor for dust activity over southwest Asia

DG Kaskaoutis, EE Houssos, A Rashki… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work investigates the modulation in dust activity over southwest (SW) Asia attributed to
changes in the mean sea level pressure (MSLP) between the Caspian Sea (CS) and Hindu …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] CO2-induced terrestrial climate feedback mechanism: From carbon sink to aerosol source and back.

M Kulmala, T Nieminen… - Boreal …, 2014 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Feedbacks mechanisms are essential components of our climate system, as they either
increase or decrease changes in climate-related quantities in the presence of external …

Aerosol radiative forcing during African desert dust events (2005–2010) over Southeastern Spain

A Valenzuela, FJ Olmo, H Lyamani… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
The daily (24 h) averages of the aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) at the surface and the top of
the atmosphere (TOA) were calculated during desert dust events over Granada …

Scattering and absorption properties of near-surface aerosol over Gangetic–Himalayan region: the role of boundary-layer dynamics and long-range transport

UC Dumka, DG Kaskaoutis… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Light scattering and absorption properties of atmospheric aerosols are of vital importance for
evaluating their types, sources and radiative forcing. This is of particular interest over the …

Saharan aeolian input and effective humidity variations over western Europe during the Holocene from a high altitude record

FJ Jiménez-Espejo, A García-Alix, G Jiménez-Moreno… - Chemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Saharan dust inputs affect present day ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles at a global
scale. Previous Saharan dust input reconstructions have been mainly based on marine …