Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia

Author(s):  
Mahdi Boroughani ◽  
Sima Pourhashemi ◽  
Hamid Gholami ◽  
Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 4063-4079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Solomos ◽  
Albert Ansmann ◽  
Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri ◽  
Ioannis Binietoglou ◽  
Platon Patlakas ◽  
...  

Abstract. The extreme dust storm that affected the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean in September 2015 resulted in record-breaking dust loads over Cyprus with aerosol optical depth exceeding 5.0 at 550 nm. We analyse this event using profiles from the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO), geostationary observations from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), and high-resolution simulations from the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). The analysis of modelling and remote sensing data reveals the main mechanisms that resulted in the generation and persistence of the dust cloud over the Middle East and Cyprus. A combination of meteorological and surface processes is found, including (a) the development of a thermal low in the area of Syria that results in unstable atmospheric conditions and dust mobilization in this area, (b) the convective activity over northern Iraq that triggers the formation of westward-moving haboobs that merge with the previously elevated dust layer, and (c) the changes in land use due to war in the areas of northern Iraq and Syria that enhance dust erodibility.


Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Dylan S. Davis ◽  
Robert J. DiNapoli ◽  
Kristina Douglass

Landscape archaeology has a long history of using predictive models to improve our knowledge of extant archaeological features around the world. Important advancements in spatial statistics, however, have been slow to enter archaeological predictive modeling. Point process models (PPMs), in particular, offer a powerful solution to explicitly model both first- and second-order properties of a point pattern. Here, we use PPMs to refine a recently developed remote sensing-based predictive algorithm applied to the archaeological record of Madagascar’s southwestern coast. This initial remote sensing model resulted in an 80% true positive rate, rapidly expanding our understanding of the archaeological record of this region. Despite the model’s success rate, it yielded a substantial number (~20%) of false positive results. In this paper, we develop a series of PPMs to improve the accuracy of this model in predicting the location of archaeological deposits in southwest Madagascar. We illustrate how PPMs, traditional ecological knowledge, remote sensing, and fieldwork can be used iteratively to improve the accuracy of predictive models and enhance interpretations of the archaeological record. We use an explicit behavioral ecology theoretical framework to formulate and test hypotheses utilizing spatial modeling methods. Our modeling process can be replicated by archaeologists around the world to assist in fieldwork logistics and planning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 01021
Author(s):  
Israel Jose Arias Govín ◽  
Elena V. Stanis ◽  
Elena N. Latushkina ◽  
Aigul Ospanova

Maintaining or increasing SOC concentration is fundamental for reducing the effects of global warming and increasing soil productivity. In this paper, a method based on Landsat 8 OLI products was developed for qualitatively monitoring in the Lake Valencia basin (Venezuela) the dynamic of SOC concentration between the years 2013 to 2018. The developed method uses the Green (B3), NIR (B5) and SW1 (B6) bands of Landsat 8 OLI sensor for detecting changes in the spectral signatures of bare soils that indicate possible variations in their concentrations of SOC. It was found that for the study period, the Lake Valencia basin soils do not present spectral features of significant variation in SOC concentration. An area of 8.61Km2 (0.3% of the study area) was identified as a zone with a possible reduction of SOC concentration. In case of insufficient data for developing remote sensing based predictive models, the proposed method allows qualitatively monitoring and categorizing the dynamic of SOC concentration and identifying areas with spectral features of a possible variation in SOC concentration.


Author(s):  
Quan Zou ◽  
Guoqing Li ◽  
Wenyang Yu ◽  
Yang Cao

Now, with the development of intelligent service technology, information provisioning models are changing from simple, single-type models to complex, on-demand models as required. Remote sensing analysis modeling often requires the use of multiple data sources, computer resources, tools, and models, and couples these resources into a workflow for global change research. Therefore, remote sensing analysis modeling research today faces a critical challenge: the registry, discovery, and allocation of modeling resources are complex, as they are heterogeneous and geographically distributed. This paper proposes a resource package-oriented approach that provides guidelines for remote sensing analysis modeling to increase model sharing and integrating. This unified wrapping approach can be used to make the management and use of existing resources becoming easy and reusable. Based on this description of construction method, different remote sensing analysis resources can be combined together on-demand. We developed a web environment to compose different remote sensing modeling resources as on-demand processing components, based on the existing workflow engineering, and use a dust storm monitoring model as an example. Comparative analyses are given to further explain the applications of this hierarchical construction method in the areas of the remote sensing analysis model.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document