Causes and effects of sand and dust storms: What has past research taught us? A survey

C Opp, M Groll, H Abbasi, MA Foroushani - Journal of Risk and Financial …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Barren ground and sites with low coverage by vegetation (eg, dunes, soil surfaces, dry
lakes, and riverbeds) are the main source areas of sand and dust storms (SDS). The …

Impacts of dust events on chemical characterization and associated source contributions of atmospheric particulate matter in northern China

R Li, M Zhang, Y Du, G Wang, C Shang, Y Liu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sand and dust have significant impacts on air quality, climate, and human health. To
investigate the influences of dust storms on chemical characterization and source …

Size-resolved anhydrosugar composition in smoke aerosol from controlled field burning of rice straw

G Engling, JJ Lee, YW Tsai, SCC Lung… - Aerosol Science and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
A field study was conducted to determine the effects of ambient conditions and burning
practices of rice fields in Taiwan on the chemical and physical characteristics of the smoke …

Dust events as a risk factor for daily hospitalization for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Minqin, China

Z Meng, B Lu - Atmospheric environment, 2007 - Elsevier
Dust events are common air pollution events in parts of the world with arid, semi-arid, or
desert areas. There is little research on the association between respiratory and …

Characterization of ionic composition of TSP and PM10 during the Middle Eastern Dust (MED) storms in Ahvaz, Iran

A Shahsavani, K Naddafi… - Environmental …, 2012 - Springer
Because of the recent frequent observations of major dust storms in southwestern cities in
Iran such as Ahvaz, and the importance of the ionic composition of particulate matters …

Estimating Spatio-Temporal Variations of PM2.5 Concentrations Using VIIRS-Derived AOD in the Guanzhong Basin, China

K Zhang, G de Leeuw, Z Yang, X Chen, X Su, J Jiao - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) derived from satellite remote sensing is widely used to estimate
surface PM2. 5 (dry mass concentration of particles with an in situ aerodynamic diameter …

Air quality warning system based on a localized PM2. 5 soft sensor using a novel approach of Bayesian regularized neural network via forward feature selection

D Balram, KY Lian, N Sebastian - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
It is highly significant to develop efficient soft sensors to estimate the concentration of
hazardous pollutants in a region to maintain environmental safety. In this paper, an air …

[PDF][PDF] 北方地区典型天气对城市森林内大气颗粒物的影响

郭二果, 王成, 郄光发, 蔡煜 - 中国环境科学, 2013 - zghjkx.com.cn
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China Environmental Science 北方地区典型天气对城市森林内大气颗粒物的影响 郭二果1,2,3,4 …

Cities of Central Asia: New hotspots of air pollution in the world

M Tursumbayeva, A Muratuly, N Baimatova… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Central Asian cities are one of the hotspots for air pollution worldwide. There are limited
studies and knowledge regarding air quality variation in this region. This study investigated …

Long-term visibility trends in one highly urbanized, one highly industrialized, and two rural areas of Taiwan

YI Tsai, SC Kuo, WJ Lee, CL Chen, PT Chen - Science of the Total …, 2007 - Elsevier
Visibility trends on the island of Taiwan were investigated employing visibility and
meteorological (1961–2003), and air pollutant (1994–2003) data from one highly urbanized …