Table of Contents

1. Detection by Satellite Images of Environmental Change Due to the Gulf War Farouk El-Baz, A. Abuelgasim, M. Koch, M. Pax-Lenney, E. Lambin, A. Al-Dousari, P. Marr, S. yherd, and R. Morency 2. The Gulf Marine Environment: Variations, Peculiarities, and Survival Jassim M. Al-Hassan 3. Wind Regime of the Arabian Gulf Ali Hamid Ali 4. Modelling of Air Currents in the Gulf Region Thomas J. Sullivan, James S. Ellis, Connee S. Foster, Kevin T. Foster, Ronald L. Baskett, John S. Nasstrom, and Walter W. Schalk 5. Simulation of Short-Term Atmospheric Dispersion of SO₂ Resulting from the Kuwait Oil Fires Dhari Al-Ajmi 6. Environmental Dimensions of the Gulf War: Potential Health Impacts Fatima Abdali and Sami Al-Yakoob 7. The Impact of the Gulf War on the Desert Ecosystem Fozia Alsdirawi 8. Gulf War Disruption of the Desert Surface in Kuwait Farouk El-Baz 9. Wind Erosion and its Control Monique Mainguet

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El-Baz, Farouk; Makharita, R.M.