An overview of bioaerosol load and health impacts associated with dust storms: A focus on the Middle East

Z Soleimani, P Teymouri, AD Boloorani… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dust storms are an important environmental problem worldwide. The main sources of dust
storms include the Sahara, the Middle East, and central and northeastern Asia. Dust …

Intercomparison of MODIS, MISR, OMI, and CALIPSO aerosol optical depth retrievals for four locations on the Indo-Gangetic plains and validation against AERONET …

H Bibi, K Alam, F Chishtie, S Bibi, I Shahid… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study provides an intercomparison of aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from
satellite-based Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Multiangle …

Evaluation of transposition models of solar irradiance over Egypt

SA Khalil, AM Shaffie - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The main objective in this paper is to carry out evaluation of statistical comparison of the
monthly hourly and the daily data of global, beam and diffuse solar radiation incident on a …

Wavelength dependence of the aerosol Angstrom exponent and its implications over Delhi, India

K Soni, S Singh, T Bano, RS Tanwar… - Aerosol Science and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The aerosol optical depth (AOD), Angstrom coefficients (α and β), and the second-order
Angstrom exponent (α′) obtained by Microtops-II sun photometer have been analyzed in …

[PDF][PDF] Variation of aerosol optical properties over the Taklimakan Desert in China

H Che, Y Wang, J Sun, X Zhang… - Aerosol Air Qual …, 2013 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The aerosol optical properties at the center of the Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China are
investigated based on the measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angstrom …

Seasonality of major aerosol species and their transformations in Cairo megacity

O Favez, H Cachier, J Sciare, SC Alfaro… - Atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
Bulk aerosols sampled on a weekly basis at two Cairo (Egypt) urban sites from January
2003 to May 2006 were analysed for their chemical composition of major aerosol species …

Aerosol characteristics over urban Cairo: Seasonal variations as retrieved from Sun photometer measurements

M El‐Metwally, SC Alfaro… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
During the Cairo Aerosol Characterization Experiment an automated Sun photometer
belonging to the NASA Aerosol Robotic Network has been implemented for the first time in …

Analysis of atmospheric turbidity in clear skies at Wuhan, Central China

L Wang, Y Chen, Y Niu, GA Salazar, W Gong - Journal of Earth Science, 2017 - Springer
The Ångström turbidity coefficient (β) and Linke turbidity factor (TL) are used to study the
atmospheric conditions in Wuhan, Central China, using measured direct solar radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal variation of outdoor and indoor exposure of volatile organic compounds in Greater Cairo

S Matysik, U Schlink - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Monthly measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were carried out in a field
study in Greater Cairo in the period of 2005–2007. Ten apartments were chosen as sites for …

Aerosol climatology over Nile Delta based on MODIS, MISR and OMI satellite data

HS Marey, JC Gille, HM El-Askary… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Since 1999 Cairo and the Nile delta region have suffered from air pollution episodes called
the" black cloud" during the fall season. These have been attributed to either burning of …