Analysis of aerosol absorption properties and transport over North Africa and the Middle East using AERONET data

Farahat, Ashraf; El-Askary, Hesham; Adetokunbo, Peter; Fuad, Abu-Tharr

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1031-2016

Articles | Volume 34, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1031-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1031-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 34, issue 11

Regular paper

|

17 Nov 2016

Regular paper |

| 17 Nov 2016

Analysis of aerosol absorption properties and transport over North Africa and the Middle East using AERONET data

Ashraf Farahat, Hesham El-Askary, Peter Adetokunbo, and Abu-Tharr Fuad

Data sets

Aerosol Characteristics AERONET http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Short summary

The Middle East capitals are subjected to numerous dust storms along with local emissions and/or those transported from biomass burning or industrial activities. A combination of these aerosols results in poor air quality and poses significant health hazards. We investigated the transport of aerosols and their impact on the air quality using different parameters derived from the AERONET ground observations.