Sources Tracking of Dust Storms in the Western of Iran (Case Study Kermanshah City)

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1 MSc of Environmental Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate professor, Department of Environmental science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The dust storm is recognized as a global problem which has a large-scale negative impact on the world. Dust strong winds transport them long distances. The dust storm caused a lot of damage to the economy, health and the environment. Therefore, an adequate understanding of the origin and time of dust storms can be effective in reducing dust damage. The purpose of the ongoing research is to identify the source of the dust storm events. For this purpose, the dust events in a period of 11 years were analyzed using the synoptic meteorological data of Kermanshah. The number of 646 dust storms were identified, and their detection operations and identifying of the areas affected by dust storm and areas of origin were performed using MODIS and Deep Blue. The HYSPLIT was used to route the dust storm and the entry routes of dust storm into the Kermanshah city. Based on the dust codes, the highest number of dust storms per year was registered in 2008 and 2009, respectively.  Most dust storms were observed in summer and during May, June and January. The results of DRS, HYSPLIT have shown that the western directions have the largest amount of dust input in Kermanshah, and the MODIS and Deep Blue images also confirm this fact. Overall, the findings showed that most of the routes come from the north and centre of Iraq and the Syrian Desert.  Dust storms originate at the border and arid lands of northern and central Iraq and Syria.

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Desert Management
Volume 10, Issue 4 - Serial Number 24
6 Articles
March 2023
Pages 21-38

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  • Receive Date: 20 November 2022
  • Revise Date: 08 January 2023
  • Accept Date: 15 January 2023

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