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PhD student in Environmental Planning at the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran
Abstract
Although dust is a phenomenon existing from the past, its frequency and severity have increased rapidly in recent years, leading to various social, economic, and ecological consequences. This study aimed to investigate the status of the dust phenomenon in Kermanshah province using terrestrial (climatic and synoptic) data and remote sensing. For this purpose, data from synoptic stations were obtained from the Meteorological Organization of Iran from 2006 to 2014, and dust zoning maps were prepared every year using ArcGIS and Kriging geostatistical methods. The general results of this study show that the highest amount of dust occurred in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Also, according to the zoned dust maps of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah, Ravansar, Sarpol-e-Zahab stations had the highest amount of dust. In addition, Madis sensor images were obtained from NASA from 2007 to 2015. The modeling results showed that Iran’s highest amount of dust was in 2007, 2008, and 2010.
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