Dryness of ephemeral lakes and consequences for dust activity: The case of the Hamoun drainage basin, Southeastern Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 552-564

  Rashki, A ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b   Goudie, A S ^c   Kahn, R A ^d  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry bed lakes; Dust activity; Iran; Precipitation; Satellite imagery; Sistan

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LOADING; DUST OUTBREAKS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRAN; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL WIND; SISTAN;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; VISIBILITY; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; DUST; EPHEMERAL LAKE; LANDSAT; MODIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; DUST STORM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRAN; LAKE; LAND BIOME; LAND SATELLITE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TURBIDITY; WATERSHED; WEATHER;

AFGHANISTAN; IRAN;

EID: 84880288746     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.045     Document Type: Article

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