Mapping surface temperature in a hyper-saline lake and investigating the effect of temperature distribution on the lake evaporation

S Sima, A Ahmadalipour, M Tajrishy - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Remote sensing is an effective tool for capturing spatial and temporal variations of water
surface temperature (WST) in large lakes. The WST of Urmia Lake in northwestern Iran was …

Dried bottom of Urmia Lake as a new source of dust in the northwestern Iran: Understanding the impacts on local and regional air quality

YAG Ghale, M Tayanc, A Unal - Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Urmia Lake, the largest inland lake in Iran has lost most of its water surface area in the last 2
decades. The desertification caused by the drying of this unique lake may lead to dust …

The vanishing of Urmia Lake: a geolimnological perspective on the hydrological imbalance of the world's second largest hypersaline lake

A Sharifi, M Shah-Hosseini, A Pourmand… - Lake Urmia: A …, 2018 - Springer
Urmia Lake was the second largest hypersaline lake in the world and the largest terminal
lake in West Asia prior to catastrophically losing about 90% of its surface area over the last …

Analyses of a lake dust source in the Middle East through models performance

NH Hamzeh, A Ranjbar Saadat Abadi, MCG Ooi… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drying lakes have become a new source of dust, causing severe problems in surrounding
areas. From 2000 to 2017, a statistical study was conducted on Lake Urmia in Iran in the …

Investigating the interaction between agricultural lands and Urmia Lake ecosystem using remote sensing techniques and hydro-climatic data analysis

YAG Ghale, M Baykara, A Unal - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Urmia Lake (UL) located in the northwest of Iran, is one of the largest hypersaline lakes in
the world. In recent years, most of the lake has been rendered to unusable lands. Drought …

Lake area changes and their influence on factors in arid and semi-arid regions along the silk road

C Tan, B Guo, H Kuang, H Yang, M Ma - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the context of global warming, the changes in major lakes and their responses to the
influence factors in arid and semi-arid regions along the Silk Road are especially important …

Investigating the causality of changes in the landscape pattern of Lake Urmia basin, Iran using remote sensing and time series analysis

MR Mehrian, RP Hernandez, AR Yavari… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Lake Urmia is the second largest hypersaline lake in the world in terms of surface area. In
recent decades, the drop in water level of the lake has been one of the most important …

Quantification of sedimentation of a tropical reservoir through satellite altimetry: A case study of Maithon reservoir

S Ghosh, PK Thakur, R Sharma… - … and Management Based …, 2024 - Springer
Periodic monitoring of reservoir capacity is essential since it has multi-fold impacts. Loss of
storage capacity may affect canal irrigation and increase the magnitude of flooding/drought …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the Impact of Large Lakes on Local Precipitation: Case Study of Lake Urmia, Iran

H Mousavi, AH Dehghanipour, CSS Ferreira… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Large lakes face considerable challenges due to human activities and climate change,
impacting local weather conditions and ecosystem sustainability. Lake Urmia, Iran's largest …

A comparative study of the surface level changes of Urmia Lake and Aral Lake during the period of 1988 to 2018 using satellite images

AM Khorshiddoust, N Patel, E Khalilzadeh… - Frontiers of Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Internal lakes are considered as the ecological environments and the monitoring and
evaluation of which can be considered as a matter in the national development and natural …