Conceptualization of a fresh groundwater lens influenced by climate change: A modeling study of an arid-region island in the Persian Gulf, Iran

2014 ◽  
Vol 519 ◽  
pp. 399-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davood Mahmoodzadeh ◽  
Hamed Ketabchi ◽  
Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani ◽  
Craig T. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Fresh Groundwater ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Modeling Study

scholarly journals Climate change: A driver of future conflicts in the Persian Gulf Region?

Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e06288
Author(s):  
Abdolmajid Naderi Beni ◽  
Nick Marriner ◽  
Arash Sharifi ◽  
Jafar Azizpour ◽  
Keivan Kabiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
The Persian Gulf

scholarly journals From Scarcity to Abundance: The New Geopolitics of Energy

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Michael Klare
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Shale Formations ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
The Persian Gulf

For most of the Petroleum Age, and even as recently as ten years ago, the politics of energy were largely governed by perceptions of scarcity: the assumption that global supplies of most primary fuels were finite and would eventually prove insufficient to satisfy rising worldwide demand, resulting in intense competition over what remained.  The enduring prevalence of this view led many oil-importing nations to establish close ties with their major foreign suppliers and to employ force on occasion to ensure the safety of overseas supply lines.  This outlook guided American foreign policy for over half a century, resulting in several U.S. interventions in the Persian Gulf area.  Recently, however, a combination of technological and political considerations – the introduction of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to extract oil and natural gas from previously inaccessible shale formations on one hand and rising concern over climate change on the other – has largely extinguished the perception of scarcity, introducing entirely new dynamics into the geopolitics of energy.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Estoque Model 1990 in Land/Sea Breezes Occurrence over Northern Persian Gulf

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
S. Hassanzadeh ◽  
A. Sedaghatkerdar ◽  
M. Soyuf Jahromi
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Sea Breeze ◽  
Coastal Environment ◽  
Mesoscale Modeling ◽  
Sea Breezes ◽  
Late Afternoon ◽  
Complex Simulation ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Modeling Study

This is a mesoscale modeling study of land/sea breeze in the vicinity of Bushehr, Iran which is on the coast of the Persian Gulf. Two days in September, 2002 are studied using the model presented in Estoque Model (1990) (hereafter referred to as EsM90). The EsM90 produces a realistic day-night wind field somewhat in agreement with observations provided by the Port and Shipping Organization of Iran. The study demonstrates that the model has a 3-hour delay predicting the time of the maximum of sea breeze, but accurately predicts when the end of the sea breeze occurs. Accurate estimates near mountains at the edge of the modeled region require a more complex simulation. The study shows that a reliable modeling of a complicated coastal environment like Bushehr not only depends on land/sea breezes but also on elevations and prevailing winds. This dependence is especially important when local thermal forcings are weak, for example, during late afternoon and at night.

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