Welcome to my personal website! I would be honored and happy to connect and collaborate. Please visit also my ResearchGate page and let’s stay in touch! orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-0006 Follow @drdianafrancis PhD Defense presentation PhD Thesis Manuscript Peer re-viewed journal publications: 2018 Francis D., C. Eayrs, J-P. Chaboureau, T. Mote, D. Holland (2018), Polar […]
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The Secret life of dust
What do dust storms have in common with the prospects of finding life on Mars, and a multi-billion dollar problem for the electronics industry? University of Michigan professor Nilton Renno has the answers.
Sahara desert sand is finding a newer, quicker route to the Arctic, sparks global warming fears, The National Newspaper, UAE
Desert dust is travelling to the Arctic at a greater rate than previously thought, a new study carried out at New York University Abu Dhabi has found., 10 October 2018
Diana Francis
Welcome to my personal page I would be honored and happy to connect and collaborate. Please visit also my ResearchGate page and let’s stay in touch! orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-0006 Follow @drdianafrancis Please visit my lab webpage for more info: https://www.ku.ac.ae/engeos PhD Defense presentation PhD Thesis Manuscript List of my publications 2023 […]
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Sharav dust storm
Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, J. Cuesta, J. Pelon, E. Williams (2010): Dust emission and transport associated with Saharan depressions: The February 2007 case. Abstract The dust activity over North Africa associated with the Saharan depression event in February 2007 is investigated by mean of spaceborne observations and ground based […]
Quantification of Dust load in the ITD region
Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, P. Tulet, J-P. Chaboureau, A. Dabas, M. C. Todd (2009b): Estimate of Sahelian dust emissions in the Intertropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon, submitted to JGR. Abstract A three-dimensional mesoscale numerical simulation has been performed to investigate the dust emissions over Sahel associated […]
Dry cyclogenesis and dust lofting over Sahara-Sahel
Diana Bou Karam, Cyrille Flamant, Pierre Tulet, Martin C. Todd, Jacques Pelon and Earle Williams: Dry cyclogenesis and dust mobilization in the Inter Tropical Discontinuity of the West African Monsoon: a case study, submitted to JGR. Abstract Three-dimensional mesoscale numerical simulations were performed over Niger in order to investigate dry […]
A newly identified mechanism for dust emission over West Africa
Bou Karam, D., C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, O. Reitebuch, J. Pelon, M. Chong, A. Dabas (2008): Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity region: a representative case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 134: 621–634. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/qj.244 Abstract: […]
Model inter-comparisons of dust emission over the Bodélé Depression
M.C. Todd, D. Bou Karam, C. Cavazos, C. Bouet, B. Heinold, G. Cautenet, P. Tulet, C. Perez, I. Tegen, and R. Washington: “Quantifying uncertainty in estimates of mineral dust flux: an inter-comparison of model performance over the Bodélé Depression, Northern Chad”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24107, 2008, doi:10.1029/2008JD010476. Abstract Mineral dust aerosols […]