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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104947
	Transport routes and potential source regions of the Middle Eastern dust over Ahvaz during 2005–2017
	Salmabadi H.; Khalidy R.; Saeedi M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0169-8095
卷号	241
英文摘要	Ahvaz is among the most polluted cities in the world in terms of particulate matter (PM) concentration. It is a prevailingly vulnerable city to the dust storms intrusion experiencing nearly 98 dusty days per year. The main aim of this study is to determine the transport pathways of dust particles reaching Ahvaz and investigate the dust sources that potentially contribute to dust loading over this city. To this end, temporal and spatial characteristics of Ahvaz dusty days, with a focus on associated air parcel trajectories are investigated in tandem with station observation, potential source contribution function (PSCF) and aerosol optical depth (AOD). Four main dust corridors were identified, based on the trajectory results; one northwesterly and two westerly routes, passing mainly over Tigris Euphrates Plain and Mesopotamian marshlands before hitting Ahvaz. These transport routes are associated with Shamal winds and are active all year long, especially in the summer. Another dust corridor influencing Ahvaz is a southerly route related to the prefrontal dust-storm mechanism. This corridor is active mainly in spring and winter and lifts the dust from Zubair Desert, Ad Dahna Desert and arid land of southern Khuzestan Plain. The forward calculation, PSCF and AOD analysis are consistent with backward air masses trajectory results and showed that eastern Syria, central and southeastern Iraq, and northwest of Ahvaz are the primary sources for dust affecting Ahvaz. Other intense dust sources are located in the south of Ahvaz including the eastern coastal zone of the Arabian Peninsula, southern Iraq, and southeast of Ahvaz. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	AOD; Backward trajectory; HYSPLIT; Middle eastern dust sources; PSCF; Transport pathway
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Landforms; Storms; Trajectories; Transportation routes; Backward trajectory; Dust sources; HYSPLIT; PSCF; Transport pathways; Dust; aerosol; atmospheric transport; dust; optical depth; particulate matter; spatial analysis; temporal analysis; trajectory; wind direction; Ahwaz; Iran; Khuzestan; Mesopotamia
来源期刊	Atmospheric Research
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/141921
作者单位	Environmental Research Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran; School of Engineering, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; Department of Civil Engineering, the University of British Columbia, 6250 Applied Science Lane, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Salmabadi H.,Khalidy R.,Saeedi M.. Transport routes and potential source regions of the Middle Eastern dust over Ahvaz during 2005–2017[J],2020,241.
APA	Salmabadi H.,Khalidy R.,&Saeedi M..(2020).Transport routes and potential source regions of the Middle Eastern dust over Ahvaz during 2005–2017.Atmospheric Research,241.
MLA	Salmabadi H.,et al."Transport routes and potential source regions of the Middle Eastern dust over Ahvaz during 2005–2017".Atmospheric Research 241(2020).