Monitoring Dust Storms in Iraq Using Satellite Data
Dust storms can suspend large quantities of sand and cause haze in the boundary layer over local and regional scales. Iraq is one of the countries that is often impacted to a large degree by the occurrences of dust storms. The time between June 29 to July 8, 2009 is considered one of the worst dust...
Main Authors: | Reyadh Albarakat, Venkataraman Lakshmi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-08-01
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Series: | Sensors |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/17/3687 |
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