Long-term assessment of onshore and offshore wind energy potentials of Qatar

VM Aboobacker, PR Shanas, S Veerasingam… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Exploitation of conventional energy resources has caused a deliberate increase in the
emitted carbon in the atmosphere, which catalyzes global warming trends. This is a matter of …

A new multi-variable integrated framework for identifying flash drought in the Loess Plateau and Qinling Mountains regions of China

Y Zhang, X Liu, W Jiao, L Zhao, X Zeng, X Xing… - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flash drought is an extreme phenomenon, characterized by unusually rapid intensification
of drought severity, with strong impacts on plant growth especially for crops. However, it's …

[HTML][HTML] Flash flood risk assessment due to a possible dam break in Urban arid environment, the new Um Al-Khair dam case study, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

MH Hamza, AM Saegh - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent years have seen an increase in floods with severe damage due to the intensity and
frequency of rains. One of the periodic hydrological problems affecting Jeddah city, the …

A climatological overview of surface currents in the Arabian Gulf with special reference to the Exclusive Economic Zone of Qatar

AA Mussa, VM Aboobacker, CP Abdulla… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study derives the climatology of surface currents in the Arabian Gulf using the current
velocities obtained from the Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) for the period 1993–2019 …

Extreme wind-wave climate projections for the Indian Ocean under changing climate scenarios

A Krishnan, PK Bhaskaran, P Kumar - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Extreme wind-waves will impact coastal regions along the east and west coast of India and
countries bordering the Indian Ocean rim having implications on coastal flooding and …

Hitchhiking of encrusting organisms on floating marine debris along the west coast of Qatar, Arabian/Persian Gulf

JA Al-Khayat, S Veerasingam, VM Aboobacker… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The floating marine debris (FMD) and the associated rafting communities are one of the
major stressors to ecosystem services, global biodiversity and economy and human health …

Evaluation of the ERA5 significant wave height against NDBC buoy data from 1979 to 2019

J Wang, Y Wang - Marine Geodesy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Significant wave height (SWH) is a vital parameter in marine science research and
engineering application. The up-to-date reanalysis product ERA5 SWH brings new …

Role of shamal and easterly winds on the wave characteristics off Qatar, central Arabian Gulf

VM Aboobacker, SV Samiksha, S Veerasingam… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Waves in the Arabian Gulf (Gulf) are dominated by shamal winds during winter and
early summer. Although wave characteristics in the Gulf are broadly studied, features …

Decadal climate variability of chlorophyll-a in response to different oceanic factors in the Western Indian ocean: the sea of oman

V Chinta, MA Kalhoro, Z Liang, M Tahir, G Song… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Arabian Sea, notably the Sea of Oman, has exhibited a gradual warming trend
since the twentieth century, expected to persist in the future, necessitating a climatological …

Deoxygenation turns the coastal Red Sea lagoons into sources of nitrous oxide

MI Orif, YN Kavil, RK Al-Farawati, V Sudheesh - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct measurements of dissolved N 2 O concentrations, fluxes and saturation percentages
undertaken for the first time in two coastal lagoons—Al-Shabab and Al-Arbaeen, along the …