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Impact of middle eastern dust sources on PM10 in iran: highlighting the impact of tigris-euphrates basin sources and lake urmia desiccation
, Article Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres ; Volume 121, Issue 23 , 2016 , Pages 14,018-14,034 ; 2169897X (ISSN) ; Salim, R ; Arhami, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2016
Abstract
Contribution of different Middle Eastern dust origins to PM10 (PM with aerodynamic diameters less than 10 µm) levels in several receptor large cities in Iran was investigated. Initially, the major regional dust episodes were determined through statistical analysis of recorded PM levels at air quality stations and verified using satellite images. The particles dispersion was simulated by Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) to regenerate PM10 during the dust episodes. The accuracy of the modeled results was rather convincing, with an average squared correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.7 (max = 0.95). Consequently, the contributions of different dust sources to the...