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Long-Term Variability of Dust Events in Southwestern Iran and Its Relationship with the Drought by Hamzeh, Nasim Hossein, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Rashki, Alireza, Mohammadpour, Kaveh

“…Dust storms represent a major environmental challenge in the Middle East. The southwest part of Iran is highly affected by dust events transported from…”
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An assessment of global land susceptibility to wind erosion based on deep-active learning modelling and interpretation techniques by Gholami, Hamid, Mohammadifar, Aliakbar, Song, Yougui, Li, Yue, Rahmani, Paria, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Panagos, Panos, Borrelli, Pasquale

“…Spatial accurate mapping of land susceptibility to wind erosion is necessary to mitigate its destructive consequences. In this research, for the first time, we…”
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Analysis of the Winter AOD Trends over Iran from 2000 to 2020 and Associated Meteorological Effects by Yousefi, Robabeh, Wang, Fang, Ge, Quansheng, Shaheen, Abdallah, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G.

“…High aerosol levels pose severe air pollution and climate change challenges in Iran. Although regional aerosol optical depth (AOD) trends have been analyzed…”
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Atmospheric Dynamics and Numerical Simulations of Six Frontal Dust Storms in the Middle East Region by Hamzeh, Nasim Hossein, Karami, Sara, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Tegen, Ina, Moradi, Mohamad, Opp, Christian

“…This study analyzes six frontal dust storms in the Middle East during the cold period (October–March), aiming to examine the atmospheric circulation patterns…”
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Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia by Boroughani, Mahdi, Pourhashemi, Sima, Gholami, Hamid, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G.

“…Dust storms in arid and desert areas affect radiation budget, air quality, visibility, enzymatic activities, agricultural products and human health. Due to…”
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Integrating in situ Measurements and City Scale Modelling to Assess the COVID–19 Lockdown Effects on Emissions and Air Quality in Athens, Greece by Grivas, Georgios, Athanasopoulou, Eleni, Kakouri, Anastasia, Bailey, Jennifer, Liakakou, Eleni, Stavroulas, Iasonas, Kalkavouras, Panayiotis, Bougiatioti, Aikaterini, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris, Ramonet, Michel, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos, Gerasopoulos, Evangelos

“…The lockdown measures implemented worldwide to slow the spread of the COVID–19 pandemic have allowed for a unique real-world experiment, regarding the impacts…”
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Variability and trends of aerosol properties over Kanpur, northern India using AERONET data (2001-10) by Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G, Singh, Ramesh P, Gautam, Ritesh, Sharma, Manish, Kosmopoulos, P G, Tripathi, S N

“…Natural and anthropogenic aerosols over northern India play an important role in influencing the regional radiation budget, causing climate implications to the…”
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Evaluation of Nine Operational Models in Forecasting Different Types of Synoptic Dust Events in the Middle East by Karami, Sara, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Kashani, Saviz Sehat, Rahnama, Mehdi, Rashki, Alireza

“…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…”
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Dust Events over the Urmia Lake Basin, NW Iran, in 2009–2022 and Their Potential Sources by Abadi, Abbas Ranjbar Saadat, Shukurov, Karim Abdukhakimovich, Hamzeh, Nasim Hossein, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Opp, Christian, Shukurova, Lyudmila Mihailovna, Ghasabi, Zahra

“…Nowadays, dried lake beds constitute the largest source of saline dust storms, with serious environmental and health issues in the surrounding areas. In this…”
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Carbonaceous Aerosols in Contrasting Atmospheric Environments in Greek Cities: Evaluation of the EC-tracer Methods for Secondary Organic Carbon Estimation by Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Grivas, Georgios, Theodosi, Christina, Tsagkaraki, Maria, Paraskevopoulou, Despina, Stavroulas, Iasonas, Liakakou, Eleni, Gkikas, Antonis, Hatzianastassiou, Nikolaos, Wu, Cheng, Gerasopoulos, Evangelos, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos

“…This study examines the carbonaceous-aerosol characteristics at three contrasting urban environments in Greece (Ioannina, Athens, and Heraklion), on the basis…”
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Long-Term Dynamics of Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide in Urban and Rural Regions of China: Urbanization and Policy Impacts by Wang, Fang, Shaheen, Abdallah, Yousefi, Robabeh, Ge, Quansheng, Wu, Renguang, Lelieveld, Jos, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Lu, Zifeng, Zhan, Yu, Zhou, Yuyu

“…High levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) due to human activities pose a serious air pollution issue in China, especially in urban agglomerations. However, limited…”
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Evaluation of Machine Learning Models for Estimating PM2.5 Concentrations across Malaysia by Zaman, Nurul Amalin Fatihah Kamarul, Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Latif, Mohd Talib

“…Southeast Asia (SEA) is a hotspot region for atmospheric pollution and haze conditions, due to extensive forest, agricultural and peat fires. This study aims…”
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Characteristics and Health Risk Assessment of Mercury Exposure via Indoor and Outdoor Household Dust in Three Iranian Cities by Dahmardeh Behrooz, Reza, Tashakor, Mahsa, Asvad, Reza, Esmaili-Sari, Abbas, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G.

“…This study aims to increase our current knowledge on the concentration of particulate-bound mercury (PBM) in urban environments of three Iranian cities, where…”
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Dust Transport from North Africa to the Middle East: Synoptic Patterns and Numerical Forecast by Karami, Sara, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Pytharoulis, Ioannis, Sotiropoulou, Rafaella-Eleni P., Tagaris, Efthimios

“…Every year, large quantities of dust are transported from North Africa to the Americas, Europe, and West Asia. The purpose of this study is to analyze four…”
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Atmospheric Dynamics from Synoptic to Local Scale During an Intense Frontal Dust Storm over the Sistan Basin in Winter 2019 by Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Francis, Diana, Rashki, Alireza, Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre, Dumka, Umesh C.

“…The Sistan Basin has been recognized as one of the most active dust sources and windiest desert environments in the world. Although the dust activity in Sistan…”
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Modeling land susceptibility to wind erosion hazards using LASSO regression and graph convolutional networks by Gholami, Hamid, Mohammadifar, Aliakbar, Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E., Li, Yue, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G.

“…Predicting land susceptibility to wind erosion is necessary to mitigate the negative impacts of erosion on soil fertility, ecosystems, and human health. This…”
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The Importance of Wind Simulations over Dried Lake Beds for Dust Emissions in the Middle East by Hamzeh, Nasim Hossein, Abadi, Abbas Ranjbar Saadat, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Mirzaei, Ebrahim, Shukurov, Karim Abdukhakimovich, Sotiropoulou, Rafaella-Eleni P., Tagaris, Efthimios

“…Dust storms are one of the major environmental hazards affecting the Middle East countries, and largely originate in vast deserts and narrow dried lake beds…”
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Overview of atmospheric aerosol studies in Malaysia: Known and unknown by Kanniah, Kasturi Devi, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., San Lim, Hwee, Latif, Mohd Talib, Kamarul Zaman, Nurul Amalin Fatihah, Liew, Juneng

“…Atmospheric aerosols particularly those originated from anthropogenic sources can affect human health, air quality and the regional climate system of Southeast…”
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Optimization and Evaluation of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model for Wind Energy Resource Assessment and Mapping in Iran by Saadatabadi, Abbas Ranjbar, Hamzeh, Nasim Hossein, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Ghasabi, Zahra, Penchah, Mohammadreza Mohammadpour, Sotiropoulou, Rafaella-Eleni P., Habibi, Maral

“…This study aims to optimize the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model regarding the choice of the best planetary boundary layer (PBL) physical scheme…”
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Online Chemical Characterization and Sources of Submicron Aerosol in the Major Mediterranean Port City of Piraeus, Greece by Stavroulas, Iasonas, Grivas, Georgios, Liakakou, Eleni, Kalkavouras, Panayiotis, Bougiatioti, Aikaterini, Kaskaoutis, Dimitris G., Lianou, Maria, Papoutsidaki, Kyriaki, Tsagkaraki, Maria, Zarmpas, Pavlos, Gerasopoulos, Evangelos, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos

“…Port cities are affected by a wide array of emissions, including those from the shipping, road transport, and residential sectors; therefore, the…”
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