Aridity variability in the last five decades in the Dobrogea region, Romania

R Prăvălie, G Bandoc - Arid Land Research and Management, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The present study constitutes a climatic approach of aridity trend analysis in the south-
eastern part of Romania (Dobrogea region), over the past five decades. The analysis is …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainable restoration of the Urmia Lake: History, threats, opportunities and challenges

M Soudi, H Ahmadi, M Yasi, SA Hamidi - European Water, 2017 - ewra.net
The natural and human-induced processes are currently major threats to aquatic
ecosystems and water bodies, all over the world. Urmia Lake, the world's second largest …

Does salinity change determine zooplankton variability in the saline Qarun Lake (Egypt)?

GM El-Shabrawy, EV Anufriieva, MO Germoush… - Chinese Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Zooplankton and 14 abiotic variables were studied during August 2011 at 10 stations in
Lake Qarun, Egypt. Stations with the lowest salinity and highest nutrient concentrations and …

Monitoring large-scale inland water dynamics by fusing Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-3 altimetry data and by analyzing causal effects of snowmelt

YLS Tsai, I Klein, A Dietz, N Oppelt - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The warming climate is threatening to alter inland water resources on a global scale. Within
all waterbody types, lake and river systems are vital not only for natural ecosystems but …

Revisiting bathymetry dynamics in Lake Urmia using extensive field data and high-resolution satellite imagery

M Danesh-Yazdi, M Bayati, M Tajrishy… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bathymetric mapping for an accurate estimation of stored water volume in drying lakes is a
key information for an effective monitoring of their recession or restoration status. Extraction …

Role of exchange flow in salt water balance of Urmia Lake

A Marjani, M Jamali - Dynamics of atmospheres and oceans, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper we examine how exchange flow in Urmia Lake plays a crucial role in dynamics
of the lake. Urmia Lake, a very large hyper-saline lake of high ecological significance, is …

Developing a micrositing methodology for floating photovoltaic power plants

MS Korkmaz, AD Sahin - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2023 - Springer
One of the most remarkable renewable energy applications is the floating photovoltaic (FPV)
power plants in recent years. Although it reduces evaporation and increases solar energy …

Investigation of aerosols pollution across the eastern basin of Urmia lake using satellite remote sensing data and HYSPLIT model

S Delfi, M Mosaferi, MS Hassanvand… - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Desiccation of the world's second hypersaline lake, Lake Urmia, has drawn
attention toward the feasibility of particle emissions from the lakebed to downwind regions …

[PDF][PDF] The use of statistical weather generator, hybrid data driven and system dynamics models for water resources management under climate change

MA Rahmani, M Zarghami - J. Environ. Inform, 2015 - researchgate.net
Nowadays, the assumption of stationary patterns in hydrologic time series is being
challenged, mainly because of climate change and the uncertainty brought about by it. In …

Life on the edge: survival and behavioural responses of freshwater gill‐breathing snails to declining water level and substratum drying

M Poznańska, T Kakareko, T Gulanicz… - Freshwater …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Reductions in water level and temporary exposure of substratum to air are two of the most
important factors structuring communities in temperate near‐shore zones. Snails are …