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DOI	10.3390/atmos12111435
	Synoptic Causes and Socio-Economic Consequences of a Severe Dust Storm in the Middle East
	Middleton, Nick; Kashani, Saviz Sehat; Attarchi, Sara; Rahnama, Mehdi; Mosalman, Sahar Tajbakhsh
通讯作者	Middleton, N (corresponding author), Univ Oxford, St Annes Coll, Oxford OX2 6HS, England.
来源期刊	ATMOSPHERE
EISSN	2073-4433
出版年	2021
卷号	12 期号:11
英文摘要	Dust storms represent one of the most severe, if underrated, natural hazards in drylands. This study uses ground observational data from meteorological stations and airports (SYNOP and METARs), satellite observations (MODIS level-3 gridded atmosphere daily products and CALIPSO) and reanalysis data (ERA5) to analyze the synoptic meteorology of a severe Middle Eastern dust storm in April 2015. Details of related socio-economic impacts, gathered largely from news media reports, are also documented. This dust storm affected at least 14 countries in an area of 10 million km(2). The considerable impacts were felt across eight countries in health, transport, education, construction, leisure and energy production. Hospitals in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE experienced a surge in cases of respiratory complaints and ophthalmic emergencies, as well as vehicular trauma due to an increase in motor vehicle accidents. Airports in seven countries had to delay, divert and cancel flights during the dust storm. This paper is the first attempt to catalogue such dust storm impacts on multiple socio-economic sectors in multiple countries in any part of the world. This type of transboundary study of individual dust storm events is necessary to improve our understanding of their multiple impacts and so inform policymakers working on this emerging disaster risk management issue.
英文关键词	dust storm disaster risk mineral dust wind erosion climate hazard Middle East
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000726908900001
WOS关键词	ARABIAN SEA ; IMPACT ; DESERT ; LIDAR ; COOPERATION ; EXTINCTION ; SANDSTORM ; PENINSULA ; REGION ; EVENT
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/373719
作者单位	[Middleton, Nick] Univ Oxford, St Annes Coll, Oxford OX2 6HS, England; [Kashani, Saviz Sehat; Rahnama, Mehdi; Mosalman, Sahar Tajbakhsh] Atmospher Sci & Meteorol Res Ctr ASMERC, Tehran 1193653471, Iran; [Attarchi, Sara] Univ Tehran, Fac Geog, Dept Remote Sensing & GIS, Tehran 1193653471, Iran
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Middleton, Nick,Kashani, Saviz Sehat,Attarchi, Sara,et al. Synoptic Causes and Socio-Economic Consequences of a Severe Dust Storm in the Middle East[J],2021,12(11).
APA	Middleton, Nick,Kashani, Saviz Sehat,Attarchi, Sara,Rahnama, Mehdi,&Mosalman, Sahar Tajbakhsh.(2021).Synoptic Causes and Socio-Economic Consequences of a Severe Dust Storm in the Middle East.ATMOSPHERE,12(11).
MLA	Middleton, Nick,et al."Synoptic Causes and Socio-Economic Consequences of a Severe Dust Storm in the Middle East".ATMOSPHERE 12.11(2021).