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