The impact of dust storms on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea

Jish Prakash, P.; Stenchikov, G.; Kalenderski, S.; Osipov, S.; Bangalath, H.

doi:10.5194/acp-15-199-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-199-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-199-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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12 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 12 Jan 2015

The impact of dust storms on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea

P. Jish Prakash, G. Stenchikov, S. Kalenderski, S. Osipov, and H. Bangalath

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Short summary

This study aims to quantify the effect of severe dust events on radiation fluxes and regional climate characteristics over the Arabian Peninsula. We simulated the storm that occurred from 18 to 20 March 2012 and swept over a remarkably large area affecting the entire Middle East, North-Eastern Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. We estimate that this storm generated over 94 Mt of dust and deposited approximately 1.2 Mt of dust into the Red Sea, bringing nutrients to marine ecosystems.