Biomineralization for Reducing and Controlling Sand‐Dust Storms
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202403961
Abstract: The sand‐dust weather and sand‐dust storms have become a serious environmental disaster worldwide. It is an important challenge to develop technologies for desert sand solidification in order to prevent and control sand‐dust weather. The biomineralization… read more here.
Keywords: sand dust; solidification; dust storms; sand ... See more keywords
An integrated enhancement method to improve image visibility and remove color cast for sand-dust image
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DOI: 10.1007/s11042-024-19245-1
Abstract: Sand-dust color images suffer from poor image visibility and serious color cast that significantly affect the performance of outdoor computer vision systems. Therefore, this paper proposes an integrated enhancement method for the sand-dust image. The… read more here.
Keywords: image; sand dust; color; image visibility ... See more keywords
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
Oxidative potential and persistent free radicals in dust storm particles and their associations with hospitalization
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55151-8
Abstract: Sand and dust storms (SDS) can cause adverse health effects, with the oxidative potential (OP) and environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) inducing oxidative stress. We mapped the OP and EPFRs concentrations at 1735 sites in… read more here.
Keywords: sand dust; oxidative potential; dust; dust storm ... 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