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27 Mar 2017
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Remote sensing and modelling analysis of the extreme dust storm hitting the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean in September 2015
Stavros Solomos
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Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Albert Ansmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri
Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Ioannis Binietoglou
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
National Institute of R & D for Optoelectronics, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
Platon Patlakas
School of Physics, Division of Environment and Meteorology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Eleni Marinou
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Vassilis Amiridis
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
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An extreme dust storm affected Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean in September 2015. This event was produced by a combination of meteorological and land-use properties. Analysis with remote sensing observations and modeling simulations reveals (i) transport of warm moist air from the Red and Arabian seas, (ii) formation of a thermal low over Syria, (iii) convective outflows and haboob formation (i.e. propagating dust walls), and (iv) changes in land-use and dust erodibility due to war.
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