Monitoring of dust storm and estimation of aerosol concentration in the Middle East using remotely sensed images

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2095-2110

  Taheri Shahraiyni, Hamid ^a,b   Karimi, Khadijeh ^a   Habibi Nokhandan, Majid ^c   Hafezi Moghadas, Naser ^d  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Climatological Research Institute   (Iran)

^d FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

aerosol concentration; dust storm; Middle East; MODIS image; visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891658207     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1252-3     Document Type: Article

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