Four synoptic regimes were identified as accompanying the widespread dust in central and eastern Saudi Arabia. The widespread cases of dust were classified based on the value and spread of the aerosol index data from the TOMS aerosol index (TOMS AI) satellite over the area of interest. The synoptic regimes of these dust cases were recognized using the Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysi...

introduction dust storms, one type of dust event, are in most cases the result of turbulent winds, including convective haboobs, which raise large quantities of dust from desert surfaces and reduce visibility to less than 1 km. this dust reaches concentrations in excess of 6000 mg m3 in severe events. the major dust source regions are areas of arid and hyper-arid, with mean annual rainfalls of ...

The present article is aimed at study on agroclimatic conditions of cultivation of sunflower throughout selected substations at Kurdistan  Province by means of GIS system. In this investigation, meteorological data have been received from synoptic stations based on daily, monthly, and annually trend from Iran Meteorological Organization (IMO) at Kurdistan  Province and then homogeneity of data ...

Abstract The events of recent years indicate climate change in nature. Climate could affect the lifetime transport infrastructure. Changes temperature, humidity, and use de‐icing material may stimulate development damages road bridge structures. According to Latvian Environment, Geology, Meteorology Centre data, average air temperature values have increased by 0.7 °C (1981‐2010 compared 1961‐19...

This study aimed to forecast temperature variations in the western and southwestern part of Iran using a general circulation model artificial neural networks (ANN). The data included mean diurnal temperatures from synoptic stations, National Centers for Environmental Prediction/ Center Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis data, outputs third-generation global climate model, Hadley Centre...

in this research, the frequency of the jet streams associated with extreme and pervasive precipitation has been analyzed using environmental to circulation approach. based on the 99th percentile index, 109 days of the extreme and pervasive precipitation was selected from the irimo data base ( including 33 synoptic, climatic and rain gage stations during 15992 days from farvardin, 1st, 1340 to d...

This study examines the characteristics of a large number of extreme rain events over the eastern two-thirds of the United States. Over a 5-yr period, 184 events are identified where the 24-h precipitation total at one or more stations exceeds the 50-yr recurrence amount for that location. Over the entire region of study, these events are most common in July. In the northern United States, extr...