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Dust storm identification via satellite remote sensing / D.G. Kaskaoutis ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation
- Natural disaster research, prediction, and mitigation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dust storms--Sahara--Remote sensing.
- Dust storms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (123 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing mainly on the Sahara desert, this book provides a review on the knowledge about the dust aerosol optical and physico-chemical properties, the seasonal variability of dust outbreaks, the dust source regions, the main pathways towards Southern Europe, which is mostly influenced, and the main results of similar studies.
- Contents:
- Intro
- DUST STORM IDENTIFICATION VIA SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- INTRODUCTION
- MAJOR DUST SOURCE REGIONS
- DUST CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS
- 3.1. SAHARAN DUST EMISSIONS
- 3.2. DUST EFFECTS ON SOLAR RADIATION AND CLIMATE
- 3.3. DUST MINERALOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
- 3.4. SAHARAN DUST VARIABILITY
- TECHNIQUES FOR DUST IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING
- DUST TRANSPORT MODEL (DREAM)
- IDENTIFICATION OF THE SD EVENTS OVER ATHENS IN THE PERIOD 2000-2005
- ANALYSIS OF THE SD EVENTS OVER ATHENS IN THE PERIOD 2000-2005
- SOURCE REGIONS AND PATHWAYS OF THE SD TRANSPORT OVER ATHENS IN THE PERIOD 2000-2005
- SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF THE SD OCCURENCES AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES
- ANALYSIS OF THE DUST-TRANSPORT MECHANISMS OVER ATHENS
- THE USE OF AI FOR THE DUST DETECTION
- COMBINATION OF SATELLITE RETRIEVALS AND MODEL APPLICATIONS FOR THE DUST MONITORING
- 12.1. SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY OF THE THREE DATES
- 12.2. AIR-MASS BACK-TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS
- 12.3. DREAM PREDICTIONS
- 12.4. MODIS DATA
- 12.5. TOMS DATA
- APPLICATION OF THE METHOD
- CONCLUSIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [89]-101) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-61668-889-0
- OCLC:
- 923662525
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