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DOI	10.1177/0021909618812913
	The Impact of Dust and Sandstorms in Increasing Drought Areas in Nineveh Province, North-western Iraq
	Yahya, Bashar Muneer; Seker, Dursun Zafer
通讯作者	Yahya, BM (corresponding author), Istanbul Tech Univ, Civil Engn Fac, Dept Geomat Engn, TR-34469 Istanbul, Turkey.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
ISSN	0021-9096
EISSN	1745-2538
出版年	2019
卷号	54 期号:3 页码:346-359
英文摘要	According to many local and international reports, the risk of dust and sandstorms has increased significantly in Iraq, creating serious environmental and social problems. In this study Nineveh province was selected as the study area to investigate the relationship between the increase in such storms and drought expansion. In the study, storm-feeding regions and a probable storm path were detected using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS). Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and runoff values were estimated and gathered as supplementary data with rainfall, temperature and storm frequency, where all the data were standardized to make them statistically comparable. Temporal variations analysis and Spearman's rank correlation techniques were applied to summarize the strength relationships between the storm frequency and the entire dataset. Unusual behaviours were noticed and represented by decreasing runoff values and drought conditions fluctuating between moderate to extreme, where these behaviours were accompanied by an abnormal increase in storm frequency. Reasonable negative relationships equalled - 0.78 for rainfall and - 0.61 for runoff, while positive rank correlations equalled + 0.45 for temperature and + 0.16 for SPI. These results indicate a positive relationship between the storm frequency and increased drought areas, where 2.2% of the territory turned to drought and desert areas during the studied period between 1992 and 2017.
英文关键词	Drought expansion GIS runoff dust and sandstorms statistical analysis
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000468919200003
WOS关键词	PREDICTION ; STORMS ; MODEL ; LAND
WOS类目	Area Studies
WOS研究方向	Area Studies
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369510
作者单位	[Yahya, Bashar Muneer; Seker, Dursun Zafer] Istanbul Tech Univ, Dept Geomat Engn, Istanbul, Turkey
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yahya, Bashar Muneer,Seker, Dursun Zafer. The Impact of Dust and Sandstorms in Increasing Drought Areas in Nineveh Province, North-western Iraq[J],2019,54(3):346-359.
APA	Yahya, Bashar Muneer,&Seker, Dursun Zafer.(2019).The Impact of Dust and Sandstorms in Increasing Drought Areas in Nineveh Province, North-western Iraq.JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES,54(3),346-359.
MLA	Yahya, Bashar Muneer,et al."The Impact of Dust and Sandstorms in Increasing Drought Areas in Nineveh Province, North-western Iraq".JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES 54.3(2019):346-359.