In desert regions, several environmental challenges have the potential to reduce solar
energy production. These are the formation of thinly crusted mud and/or carbonates coatings …

Abstract The Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change and
severe droughts. Climate change is associated with an increase of extreme weather …

The effects of desert dust upon climate and ecosystems depend strongly on its particle size
and size-resolved mineralogical composition. However, there is very limited quantitative …

Using 30 years of satellite observations, two sand and dust storms (SDS) source locations
(hotspots) were detected on the southern side of the Mesopotamian Flood Plain. Around 40 …

The Middle East is a hot spot of dust, and there are reports of as much as 1400 µg m− 3 of
dust in aerosols from Kuwait, which is among some of the highest dust loadings globally. A …

Abstract The Sistan region in Southeastern Iran is one of the world's most sensitive areas
when it comes to sandstorms and wind erosion. One of the most influential factors in …

The present study was to evaluate the frequency distribution of dust events by analysing on
long-term data over the northern Persian Gulf (NPG). The study results accordingly revealed …

This multi-disciplinary research paper should help solar power plant developers to perform
an advanced site assessment in arid locations where the annual irradiance levels are high …

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (BTH) of China maintains high-pollution levels of
particulate matter≥ 2.5 μm (PM2. 5). Accordingly, understanding the spatiotemporal …

A large share of future solar energy plants is going to be located in desert environments
where the involved aging effects of the installed components still exhibit a lack of …