2020
DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10504057.1
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Characteristics of atmospheric aerosols over the UAE inferred from CALIPSO and Sun Photometer Aerosol Optical Depth

Abstract: Atmospheric aerosols have a wide range of impacts on the climate system. This includes interactions with the incoming solar radiation and clouds (Forkel et al., 2012), serving as a medium for transporting various organisms through vast distances (Azua-Bustos et al., 2019), and causing or enhancing respiratory, infectious, cardiovascular, and allergic diseases (Boersma et al., 2008). However, quantifying the effects of aerosols on the climate on both global and regional scales has never been a trivial problem, … Show more

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“…The region of interest experiences a monthly-mean aerosol optical depth ranging from ~0.3 in December-January to ~1.2 in July due to increased exposure to dust storms in the summer season. Dust activity peaks during winter and spring associated with the intrusion of cold fronts from mid-latitudes, as reported by Nelli et al (2020bNelli et al ( , 2022.…”
Section: Site Descriptionsupporting
confidence: 58%
“…The region of interest experiences a monthly-mean aerosol optical depth ranging from ~0.3 in December-January to ~1.2 in July due to increased exposure to dust storms in the summer season. Dust activity peaks during winter and spring associated with the intrusion of cold fronts from mid-latitudes, as reported by Nelli et al (2020bNelli et al ( , 2022.…”
Section: Site Descriptionsupporting
confidence: 58%
“…The country is rather flat with an elevation of typically less than 300 m above mean sea level, except in the northeastern side where the Al Hajar mountain range dominates the landscape, with the highest elevation of around 2,000 m at Jabel Jais. The meager and irregular amounts of precipitation, which range from less than 40 mm in the southern desert to over 120 mm over the mountains, mostly fall in the cold season from November to March, in association with mid-latitude weather systems (Niranjan Kumar and Ouarda, 2014;Wehbe et al 2017Wehbe et al , 2018. However, summertime convective events are present as well, and can lead to rainfall accumulations of more than 100 mm and flash floods at isolated sites (Steinhoff et al, 2018;Wehbe et al, 2020;Francis et al, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%