[HTML][HTML] On the Middle East's severe dust storms in spring 2022: Triggers and impacts

D Francis, R Fonseca, N Nelli, D Bozkurt… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large amounts of dust in the air can disrupt daily activities and pose a threat to human
health. In May 2022, consecutive major dust storms occurred over the Middle East resulting …

Micrometeorological measurements in an arid environment: Diurnal characteristics and surface energy balance closure

NR Nelli, M Temimi, RM Fonseca, MJ Weston… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The goal of this study is to assess the surface energy balance closure (SEBC) in an arid
environment through a comprehensive analysis of surface radiation, heat fluxes, and other …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Reanalysis and Satellite Products against Ground-Based Observations in a Desert Environment

N Nelli, D Francis, A Alkatheeri, R Fonseca - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Arabian Peninsula (AP) is notable for its unique meteorological and climatic patterns
and plays a pivotal role in understanding regional climate dynamics and dust emissions …

On the analysis of a summertime convective event in a hyperarid environment

D Francis, M Temimi, R Fonseca… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A summertime convective event that developed on 5 September 2017 over the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) is investigated in this study. Atmospheric profiles from a ground‐based …

[HTML][HTML] In-situ measurements of fog microphysics: Visibility parameterization and estimation of fog droplet sedimentation velocity

N Nelli, D Francis, R Abida, R Fonseca, O Masson… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Measurements of fog microphysics were conducted during the winter season of 2021‐2022
at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), located in the Western coastal region of the …

Characterization of the atmospheric circulation near the Empty Quarter Desert during major weather events

N Nelli, D Francis, R Fonseca, E Bosc… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we characterize the meteorological conditions and planetary boundary layer
dynamics in western United Arab Emirates based on 2012–2020 in-situ measurements. This …

Cloud vertical structure over a tropical station obtained using long-term high-resolution radiosonde measurements

N Narendra Reddy, M Venkat Ratnam… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Cloud vertical structure, including top and base altitudes, thickness of cloud layers, and the
vertical distribution of multilayer clouds, affects large-scale atmosphere circulation by …

[HTML][HTML] The atmospheric controls of extreme convective events over the southern Arabian Peninsula during the spring season

NR Nelli, D Francis, R Fonseca, R Abida, M Weston… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) over the southern Arabian Peninsula are
more common during the spring months of March and April. In this paper, the processes …

[HTML][HTML] First measurements of electric field variability during fog events in the United Arab Emirates

N Nelli, D Francis, R Fonseca, O Masson, M Sow… - Journal of Arid …, 2024 - Elsevier
For the first time, the changes in the atmospheric electric field (E z) during foggy conditions is
studied in a hyper-arid region; the United Arab Emirates (UAE), using comprehensive …

Seasonal variation of evapotranspiration and its effect on the surface energy budget closure at a tropical forest over north-east India

PK Deb Burman, D Sarma, R Morrison… - Journal of Earth System …, 2019 - Springer
This study uses 1 yr of eddy covariance (EC) flux observations to investigate seasonal
variations in evapotranspiration (ET) and surface energy budget (SEB) closure at a tropical …