Effect of sand dust accumulation on photovoltaic performance in the Saharan environment: southern Algeria (Adrar)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3496-7
Abstract: Many climatic conditions have a negative impact on production of photovoltaic (PV) systems, and sand dust could be one of the main reasons of degradation of PV panels. The objective of this study is to… read more here.
Keywords: accumulation; algeria adrar; sand dust; dust ... See more keywords
Environmental and economic importance of native plants and green belts in controlling mobile sand and dust hazards
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DOI: 10.1007/s13762-018-1879-4
Abstract: The prevailing and strong north-westerly wind in Kuwait during summer is consistently causing a significant movement of aeolian sediment that poses serious environmental and economic threats. The average removal costs per cubic metre for aeolian… read more here.
Keywords: mobile sand; plants green; sand dust; green belts ... See more keywords
Characteristics of air pollution events over Hotan Prefecture at the southwestern edge of Taklimakan Desert, China
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DOI: 10.1007/s40333-018-0096-9
Abstract: Hotan Prefecture is located at the southwestern edge of Taklimakan Desert, the world’s largest shifting sand desert, of China. The desert is one of the main sources for frequent sand-dust weather events which strongly affect… read more here.
Keywords: sand dust; hotan prefecture; dust; dust weather ... See more keywords
Vulnerability mapping and risk analysis of sand and dust storms in Ahvaz, IRAN.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116859
Abstract: In this work, a sand and dust storm vulnerability mapping (SDS-VM) approach is developed to model the vulnerability of urban blocks to SDS using GIS spatial analysis and a range of geographical data. The SDS-VM… read more here.
Keywords: risk; vulnerability mapping; analysis; sand dust ... See more keywords
Determining the critical geographical directions of sand and dust storms in urban areas by remote sensing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100561
Abstract: Abstract Sand and dust storms (SDS) are common events in arid and semi-arid regions. This study aims to determine the critical geographical directions of SDS in urban areas with a case study in the city… read more here.
Keywords: dust storms; remote sensing; geographical directions; sand dust ... See more keywords
Biological effects of inhaled hydraulic fracturing sand dust. III. Cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory responses in cultured murine macrophage cells.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115281
Abstract: Cultured murine macrophages (RAW 264.7) were used to investigate the effects of fracking sand dust (FSD) for its pro-inflammatory activity, in order to gain insight into the potential toxicity to workers associated with inhalation of… read more here.
Keywords: sand dust; cultured murine; fsd; hydraulic fracturing ... See more keywords
Let You See in Sand Dust Weather: A Method Based on Halo-Reduced Dark Channel Prior Dehazing for Sand-Dust Image Enhancement
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2936444
Abstract: The images that are captured in sand storms often suffer from low contrast and serious color cast that are caused by sand dust, and these issues will have significant negative effects on the performance of… read more here.
Keywords: sand dust; image; dust; halo reduced ... See more keywords
Sand-Dust Image Enhancement Using Successive Color Balance With Coincident Chromatic Histogram
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3054899
Abstract: Outdoor images in sand-dust environments play an adverse role in various remote-based computer vision tasks because captured sand-dust images have severe color casts, low contrast, and poor visibility. However, although sand-dust image restoration is as… read more here.
Keywords: dust image; color; sand dust; dust ... See more keywords
Research on Sand-Dust Storm Forecasting Based on Deep Neural Network With Stacking Ensemble Learning
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3216309
Abstract: Weather forecasting is an important factor affecting production and life. With the development of technology, weather forecasting methods such as weather map forecasting, numerical weather forecasting, and quantitative forecasting methods have emerged. However, these traditional… read more here.
Keywords: network; dust storm; sand dust; stacking ensemble ... See more keywords
Automatic Identification of Sand and Dust Storm Sources Based on Wind Vector and Google Earth Engine
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DOI: 10.1109/lgrs.2022.3199463
Abstract: Sand and dust storms (SDS) are both symptoms and causes of desertification. As one of the essential parts of desertification control, SDS source identification can be readily carried out using remote sensing data. This letter… read more here.
Keywords: dust; identification; sand dust; google earth ... See more keywords
Visibility Parameter in Sand/Dust Storms’ Radio Wave Attenuation Equations: An Approach for Reliable Visibility Estimation Based on Existing Empirical Equations to Minimize Potential Biases in Calculations
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DOI: 10.3390/app10217530
Abstract: In efforts to structure an expression for wave attenuation under a sand/dust storm, most established calculations pronounce optical visibility as an essential parameter. Although visibility information can be retrieved from weather stations, other commonly encountered… read more here.
Keywords: visibility; wave attenuation; sand dust; empirical equations ... See more keywords