Investigation of the role of southwestern Asia dust events on urban air pollution: a case study of Ahvaz, a highly polluted city.

Mehdi Hamidi, Tahoora Ghobadi, Yaping Shao, Bijan Fallah, Masoud Rostami, Rui Mao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mehdi HamidiFaculty of Civil Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran. hamidi@nit.ac.ir.

Tahoora GhobadiFaculty of Civil Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran.

Yaping ShaoInstitute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Bijan FallahPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany.

Masoud RostamiPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany.

Rui MaoSchool of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.

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Abstract

Investigating aerosol composition and particle dynamics in densely populated and polluted urban centers is crucial for understanding and managing urban air quality. Ahvaz, in southwestern Iran, consistently ranks among the most polluted cities globally, primarily due to high PM

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Aerosol compositionAhvazDust events and particle mattersHoffmann classificationMiddle east and southwestern Asia

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PMID40595158

DOI10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136597

PMCPMC12215918

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