Dust cycle, soiling effect and optimum cleaning schedule for PV modules in Iran: A long-term multi-criteria analysis

SSH Dehshiri, B Firoozabadi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineral dust has a great effect on the performance of solar power plants not only by
absorbing and scattering solar radiation, but also due to soiling effects. The aim of the …

Investigation of the vertical distribution characteristics and microphysical properties of summer mineral dust masses over the taklimakan desert using an unmanned …

X Zhou, T Zhou, S Fang, B Han, Q He - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Investigating the vertical distribution of mineral dust masses and their microphysical
properties is crucial for accurately assessing the climate effects of dust. However, there are …

Global clear-sky aerosol speciated direct radiative effects over 40 years (1980–2019)

MB Korras-Carraca, A Gkikas, C Matsoukas… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
We assess the 40-year climatological clear-sky global direct radiative effect (DRE) of five
main aerosol types using the MERRA-2 reanalysis and a spectral radiative transfer model …

A global climatology of dust aerosols based on satellite data: Spatial, seasonal and inter-annual patterns over the period 2005–2019

M Gavrouzou, N Hatzianastassiou, A Gkikas… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
A satellite-based algorithm is developed and used to determine the presence of dust
aerosols on a global scale. The algorithm uses as input aerosol optical properties from the …

Multiscale analysis of the dynamic relationship between particulate matter (PM10) and meteorological parameters using CEEMDAN: A focus on “Godzilla” African dust …

T Plocoste - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the dynamic relationship between particulate matter with less than 10
μ m aerodynamic diameter (PM 10) and meteorological parameters (ie, solar radiation (SR) …

Spatial and temporal variability of trace metals (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Co, Ni, Cd, Pb), iron and copper speciation, and electroactive Fe-binding humic substances in surface …

T Mellett, KN Buck - Marine Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The concentrations of bioactive trace metals (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Co, Ni, Cd, and Pb), Fe-and Cu-
binding organic ligands, and electroactive Fe-binding humic substances were measured in …

Particle size analysis of African dust haze over the last 20 years: a focus on the extreme event of June 2020

L Euphrasie-Clotilde, T Plocoste, FN Brute - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the last decades, the impact of mineral dust from African deserts on human health and
climate has been of great interest to the scientific community. In this paper, the climatological …

Identifying and quantifying the impacts of advected North African dust on the concentration and composition of airborne fine particulate matter in Houston and …

A Bozlaker, JM Prospero, J Price… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Every summer, large‐scale dust plumes emerge from the west coast of North Africa, cross
the Atlantic, enter the Caribbean Basin, and on occasion pass over the southern United …

Investigation of local correlations between particulate matter (PM10) and air temperature in the Caribbean basin using Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition

T Plocoste, R Calif, L Euphrasie-Clotilde… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the relationship between particulate matter that have an
aerodynamic diameter less than 10 µm diameter (PM 10) and air temperature (T) in the …

[HTML][HTML] Dust transport and advection measurement with spaceborne lidars ALADIN and CALIOP and model reanalysis data

G Dai, K Sun, X Wang, S Wu, XE… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
In this paper, a long-term large-scale Saharan dust transport event which occurred between
14 and 27 June 2020 is tracked with the spaceborne lidars ALADIN (Atmospheric Laser …