Dr. Pavel Kishcha
Principal Research Associate
Department of Geosphysics, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.
Tel.: +972 3 6409643
Fax: +972 3 6409282
E-mail: pavelk@tauex.tau.ac.il
Fields of interest:
Global
distribution and trends of atmospheric aerosols using satellite data and
ground-based measurements;
Modelling and
forecast of Saharan dust transport over the Mediterranean, the Middle East,
Europe, and over the Atlantic Ocean;
Dust dry
deposition over Israel.
Modelling and forecast of
space-time distribution of marine aerosols over the Mediterranean Sea and their
effects on weather and climate;
Lake remote sensing;
Asymmetry in
surface temperature between the east and west sides of the Dead Sea;
Increasing warming of Dead Sea
surface water;
Positive
feedback loop between the shrinking of the Dead Sea and the increasing trend in
Dead Sea surface temperature.
List of Publications
65. Kishcha, P.; Lechinsky, Y.; Starobinets, B. Lake and atmospheric heatwaves caused by
extreme dust intrusion in freshwater Lake Kinneret in the Eastern
Mediterranean. Remote Sens. 16, 2314. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16132314
, 2024 (open
access).
64. Kishcha, P.; Lechinsky, Y.; Starobinets, B. Impact of a severe
dust event on diurnal
behavior of surface water temperature in subtropical Lake
Kinneret. Remote Sens. 15, 5297. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15225297 , 2023 (open access).
63. Kishcha, P.; Lechinsky, Y.; Starobinets, B. Cooling by Cyprus lows
of surface and epilimnion water
in subtropical Lake Kinneret in rainy seasons.
Remote Sens.
14, 4709. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194709 , 2022 (open access).
62. Kishcha P.,
Starobinets B., Lechinsky, Y., Alpert, P. Absence of
surface water temperature trends in Lake Kinneret despite present atmospheric
warming: Comparisons with Dead Sea trends. Remote Sensing 13, 3461; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173461
, 2021 (open access).
61. Kishcha P.,
Starobinets B. Spatial heterogeneity in Dead Sea surface temperature associated
with inhomogeneity in evaporation. Remote Sensing, 13(1), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010093
, 2021 (open access).
60. Volpov, E.,
Kishcha, P. Advanced modeling and mapping of severe pollution stress required
for outdoor insulation coordination. Electrical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-021-01333-2,
2021.
59. Kishcha, P., Volpov, E., Starobinets, B., Alpert, P., Nickovic, S. Dust dry deposition over Israel. Atmosphere, 11(2), 197;
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020197, 2020 (open access).
58. Kishcha, P.,
Starobinets, B., Pinker, R., Kunin, P., Alpert, P. Spatial non-uniformity of
surface temperature of the Dead Sea and adjacent land areas. Remote Sensing,
12(1), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010107, 2020 (open access).
57. Kishcha, P., Pinker,
R., Gertman, I., Starobinets, B., Alpert, P. Observations of positive sea
surface temperature trends in the steadily shrinking Dead Sea. Natural
Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18, 3007-3018,
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3007-2018, 2018 (open access).
56. Kishcha P., Wang
S.-H., Lin N.-H., da Silva A., Lin T.-H., Lin P.-H., Liu G.-R., Starobinets B.,
Alpert P. Differentiating between local and remote pollution over Taiwan. Aerosol
and Air Quality Research, doi:
10.4209/aaqr.2017.10.0378, 2018 (open access).
55. Volpov E., Kishcha P. An advanced technique for outdoor
insulation pollution mapping in the IECo power grid. IEEE
Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 24(6), 3539
3548, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2017.006917, 2017
54. Kishcha P.,
Starobinets B., Savir A, Alpert P., Kaplan A. Foehn-induced effects on dust
pollution, frontal clouds and solar radiation in the Dead Sea valley. Meteorology
and Atmospheric Physics, doi:10.1007/s00703-017-0521-1, 2017.
53. Kishcha P.,
Starobinets B., Gertman I., Ozer T., Alpert P. Observations of unexpected
short-term heating in the uppermost layer of the Dead Sea after a sharp
decrease in solar radiation. International Journal of Oceanography,
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5810575, 2017 (open access).
52. Provençal
S., Kishcha P., da Silva A., Elhacham E., and Alpert
P. AOD distributions and trends of major aerosol species over a selection of
the world's most populated cities based on the 1st version of NASA's MERRA
Aerosol Reanalysis. Urban Climate,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2017.04.001, 2017.
51. Kishcha, P., da
Silva, A., Starobinets, B., and Alpert, P. Shallow stratocumulus clouds created
below the base of the Saharan Air Layer by the action of Saharan dust. ProScience Vol. 3, 62 66,
DOI:10.14644/dust.2016.010, 2016 (open access).
50. Kishcha P.,
Rieger D., Metzger J., Starobinets B., Bangert, M., Vogel H., Schaettler U., Corsmeier U., Alpert P., and Vogel B.
Modeling of a strong dust event in the complex terrain of the Dead Sea valley
during the passage of a gust front. Tellus B, 68, 29751, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v68.29751,
2016 (open access).
49. Kottmeier C.,
Agnon A., Al-Halbounib D., Alpert P., Corsmeier U.,
Dahm T., Eshel A., Geyer S., Haas M., Holohan E., Kalthoff N., Kishcha P.,
Krawczyk C., Lahti Y., Laronne J., Lott F., Mallast U., Merz R., Metzger J., Mohsen A., Morin E., Nied
M., Rödigerd T., Salameh E., Sawarieh
A., Shannak B., Siebertd
C., Weber M. New perspectives on interdisciplinary earth science at the Dead
Sea: the DESERVE project. Science of the Total Environment, 544 (2016),
10451058 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.003,
2016.
48. Kishcha P., A.
da Silva, B. Starobinets, C. Long, O. Kalashnikova, and P. Alpert. Saharan dust
as a causal factor of hemispheric asymmetry in aerosols and cloud cover over
the tropical Atlantic Ocean. International Journal of Remote Sensing,
36, 3423-3445, doi: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1060646, 2015 (open access).
47. Kishcha P., A. da Silva, B.
Starobinets, C. Long, O. Kalashnikova, and P. Alpert Meridional distribution of
aerosol optical thickness over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Atmos. Chem.
Phys. Discuss., 14, 23309-23339, doi:10.5194/acpd-14-23309-2014, 2014 (open access).
46.
Kishcha, P., da Silva, A., Starobinets, B., Alpert,
P. Air pollution over the Ganges basin and north-west Bay of Bengal in the
early post-monsoon season. J. Geophys. Res.,
119, doi:10.1002/2013JD020328,
2014 (open access).
45.
Kishcha, P., Starobinets, B., Long, C.N., Alpert, P.
Unexpected increasing AOT trends over north-west Bay of Bengal in the early
post-monsoon season. J. Geophys. Res., 117,
D23208, doi 10.1029/2012JD018726, 2012 (open access).
44.
Alpert, P., Shvainshtain, O., Kishcha, P. AOD
trends over megacities based on space monitoring using MODIS and MISR. American
Journal of Climate Change, 117-131, doi:10.4236/ajcc.2012.13010, 2012
(open access).
43.
Kishcha, P., B. Starobinets, R. Udisti, S. Becagli, A. di Sarra, D. Sferlazzo,
C. Bommarito, P. Alpert. Sea-salt aerosol mass concentration oscillations,
derived from long-term measurements in Lampedusa (Central Mediterranean). ISRN
Meteorology, V. 2012, doi:10.5402/2012/679120, 2012 (open access).
42.
Israelevich, P., Ganor, E., Alpert, P.,
Kishcha, P., Stupp, A. Seasonal variations of Saharan dust transport over the
Mediterranean Sea to Europe. J. Geophys. Res.,
117, D02205, doi:10.1029/2011JD016482, 2012 (open access).
41.
Carnevale, C., Finzi, G., Pisoni, E., Volta,
M., Kishcha, P., and Alpert, P. Integrating Saharan dust forecasts into a
regional chemical transport model: a case study over Northern Italy. Science
of the Total Environment, V. 417-418, 224-231, 2012.
40.
Kishcha, P., S.
Nickovic, B. Starobinets, A. di Sarra, R. Udisti, S. Becagli, D. Sferlazzo, C.
Bommarito, P. Alpert. Sea-salt
aerosol forecasts compared with daily measurements at the island of Lampedusa
(Central Mediterranean). Atmospheric Research, 100(2011),
doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.021, 28 35, 2011.
39.
Kishcha, P., Starobinets, B., Kalashnikova, O., Alpert, P. Aerosol
optical thickness trends and population growth in the Indian subcontinent. International
Journal of Remote Sensing, 32, No. 24, 9137-9149, 2011.
38.
Kishcha, P., Starobinets, B., Kalashnikova, O., Long, C., Alpert, P.
Variations in meridional aerosol distribution and solar dimming. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00D14, doi:10.1029/2008JD010975, 2009
(open access).
37.
J.Joseph, O. Yaron, E. Yaroslavich,
P. Israelevich, I. Koren, Y. Yair, A. Devir, P. Kishcha Determination of most probable height of
desert dust aerosol layer from space. J. Geophys.
Res., 113, D20S93, doi:10.1029/2007JD009646, 2008 (open access).
36.
Alpert, P. and P. Kishcha Quantification of the effect of urbanization
on solar dimming. Geophys. Res. Letters,
35, L08801, doi:10.1029/2007GL033012, 2008 (open access).
35.
Kishcha, P., Alpert, P., Shtivelman, A., Krichak, S., Joseph, J., Kallos, G., Spyrou, C., Gobbi,
G.P., Barnaba, F., Nickovic, S., Perez, C., and J.M. Baldasano. Forecast errors in dust vertical distributions
over Rome (Italy): Multiple particle size representation and cloud
contributions. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D15205,
doi:10.1029/2006JD007427, 2007 (open access).
34.
Kishcha, P., Alpert, P., Starobinets, B. Latitudinal variations of cloud
and aerosol optical thickness trends based on MODIS satellite data. Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L05810,
doi:10.1029/2006GL028796, 2007 (open access).
33.
Alpert, P., Barkan, J. and P. Kishcha. A potential climatic index for
total Saharan dust the Sun insolation.
J. Geophysical Research, 111, D01103, doi:10.1029/2005JD006105, 2006
(open access).
32.
Alpert, P., Price, C., Krichak, S., Ziv, B., Saaroni, H., Osetinsky, I.,
Barkan, J., Kishcha, P. Mediterranean climate and some tropical
teleconnections. Nuovo Cimento C, doi:10.1393/ncc/i2005-10225-y, v. 29, No. 1, 89-97, 2006.
31.
Alpert, P., Kishcha, P., Kaufman, Y. and Schwarzbard,
R. Global dimming or local dimming? Effect of urbanization on sunlight
availability. Geophys. Res. Letters,
32, L17802, doi:10.1029/2005GL023320, 2005 (open access).
30.
Kishcha, P., Barnaba, F., Gobbi., P., Alpert, P., Shtivelman,
A., Krichak, S.O., Joseph, J.H. Vertical distribution
of Saharan dust over Rome: comparison between 3-year model predictions and
lidar soundings. J. Geophysical Research, 110, D06208,
doi:10.1029/2004JD005480, 2005 (open access).
29.
Barkan, J., Alpert, P., Kutiel, H., and
Kishcha, P. The synoptics of dust transportation days from Africa toward Italy
and Central Europe. J. Geophysical Research, 110, D07208,
doi:10.1029/2004JD005222, 2005 (open access).
28.
Barkan, J., Kutiel, H., Alpert, P., Kishcha,
P. Investigation of the synoptics of dust intrusion days from the African
continent into the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophysical Research 109, D08201,
doi:10.1029/2003JD004416, 2004 (open access).
27.
Alpert, P., Kishcha, P., Shtivelman, A., Krichak, S.O., and Joseph, J.F. Vertical distribution of
Saharan dust based on 2.5-year model predictions. Atmospheric Research,
70, 109-130, 2004.
26.
Alpert, P., Price, C., Krichak, S.O., Ziv, B.,
Saaroni, H., Osetinsky, I.,
Barkan, J., and Kishcha, P. Tropical tele-connections to the Mediterranean
climate and weather. Advances in Geosciences, 2, 1-4, 2004.
25.
Kishcha, P., Alpert, P., Barkan, J., Kirchner, I., and Machenhauer, B.
Atmospheric response to Saharan dust deduced from ECMWF reanalysis (ERA)
temperature increments. Tellus, 55B, 901-913, 2003 (open access).
24.
Krichak, S, Kishcha, P. and Alpert, P. Decadal
trends of main Eurasian oscillation and the Mediterranean precipitation, Theoretical
and Applied Climatology, v. 72, p. 209-220, 2002.
23.
Kishcha P., Dmitrieva I.V., and Obridko V.N.
Long-term variations of solar-geomagnetic correlation, total solar irradiance
and the Earths temperature (1868-1997). Journal of Atmospheric and
Solar-Terrestrial Physics, v. 61, p. 799-808, 1999.
22.
Kishcha P. and Dmitrieva I. Decadal variations of time shift between
indices of solar and geomagnetic activities. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy,
v. 39, No. 2, p. 19-23, 1999.
21.
Kishcha P. and Dmitrieva I. Spatial structure and long-term variations
of the ground-level temperature variance. Studia geophysica
et geodaetica. Prague. v. 42, p. 511-520, 1998.
20.
Kishcha P., Ivanov-Kholodny G.S. and Zhivolup T.G. A mid-latitude E-layer peak height model. Advances
in Space Research, v.22, No. 6, p.767-770, 1998.
19.
Kishcha P. Short-term prediction of ionospheric peak parameters and
total electron content by the updated IRI model. Advances in Space Research,
v. 20, No. 9, p. 1733-1740, 1997.
18. Kishcha P. Indices and updating procedures for
modelling of ionospheric disturbances. Advances in Space Research, v.
15, No. 1, p.55-64, 1995.
17.
Kishcha P., Krasheninnikov I.V. and Lukashkin V.M. Latitudinal behavior of the regular noon
absorption. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 35, No. 1, p. 89-97 (p. 66-72
in English issue of the journal), 1995.
16.
Shashunkina V.M., Kishcha P. and Goncharova
E.E. Analytical model of variations of foF2 during substorm in the nighttime
ionosphere. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 35, No. 1, p. 147-151 (p.
113-117 in English issue of the journal), 1995.
15.
Kishcha P. and Kochenova N.A. Model for the
height of the ionosphere maximum in the main ionospheric trough zone. Geomagnetism
and Aeronomy, v. 35, No. 6, p. 78-81 (p. 787-789 in English issue of the
journal, 1996), 1995.
14.
Kishcha P. and Lukashkin V.M. Peculiarities of
annual variations of the regular midnight absorption. Geomagnetism and
Aeronomy, v. 34, No. 2, p. 84-90, 1994.
13.
Shashunkina V.M., Kishcha P. and Goncharova
E.E. Operative estimations of the AE-index greater than 500 nT
using current magnetic data of one auroral observatory. Geomagnetism and
Aeronomy, v. 34, No. 1, p. 137-140, 1994.
12. Besprozvannaya
A.S., Kishcha P. et al. The distribution of the F2-layer's ionozation
during the period of SUNDIAL intervals of March 16 20 and December 5 10,
1988, and a comparison of it with an
empirical model of the high-latitudes, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 33,
N1, 20-28, 1993.
11.
Kishcha P., Shashunkina V.M. and Goncharova
E.E. Updating the IRI ionospheric model for effects of substorms. Advances
in Space Research, v. 13, No. 3, p. 67-70, 1993.
10.
Kishcha P., Krasheninnikov I.V. and Lukashkin V.M. Modelling of the multifrequency propagation
of HF signals at the high latitudes. Geomagnetism
and Aeronomy, v. 33, No.1, p. 131-134, 1993.
9.
Shashunkina V.M., Kishcha P., Goncharova E.E.
Ionospheric effects of the substorms during the SUNDIAL periods and their
modelling. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 33, No. 1, p. 47-50,
(p. 69-74, in the Russian issue), 1993.
8. Goncharova E.E., Kishcha P. and Shashunkina V.M. Modelling of the ionospheric effects of
isolated and consecutive substorms according to current magnetic data. Geomagnetism
and Aeronomy,
v. 32, No. 3, p. 456-459 in English issue
of the journal, 1992.
7. Zhulina E.M., Izraitel, A.G., Kishcha P., and Lukashkin
V.M. Testing of models of regular and auroral absoption
on shortwave radio links, v. 32, N5, 707-710, 1992.
6.
Zhulina E.M., Kishcha P., Osepyan
A.N., and Vlaskov V.A. A model of the lower auroral
ionosphere for calculating the propagation characteristics of radio waves, Geomagnetism
and Aeronomy,
v. 31, N6, 831-833, 1991.
5. Benkova N.P., Fligel M.D., Kishcha P. et al.
Comparison of topside
electron density profiles in the subauroral
ionosphere with IRI and SMI-85 models. Advances in Space Research, v.10,
No. 11,
(11)79-(11)82, 1990.
4.
Zhulina E.M., Izraitel
A.G., and Kishcha P. An analytic model of auroral absorption with different
magnetic disturbances, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 30, N3, 441-442, 1990.
3. Benkova N.P.,
Kishcha P., Kozlov E.F. et al. Profiles of the outer ionosphere and their model
representation, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 30, N6, 800-802, 1990.
2.
Izraitel A.G., Lobachevskiy
L.A., Zhulina E.M., and Kishcha P. A model of regular
absorption in the lower ionosphere, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, v. 29,
N1, 118-120, 1989.
1. Zhulina E.N.,
Kishcha P., Bezprozvannaya A.S. The effect of perturbability on the characteristics of radiowave propagation at high latitudes. Geomagnetism
and Aeronomy, v. 29, N3, p. 453-455,
1989.
13. Kishcha, P., Wang S.-H., Lin N.-H., da Silva
A., Lin T.-H., Lin P.-H., Liu G.-R., Starobinets B., Alpert P. Differentiating
between local and remote pollution over Taiwan: an approach based on pollution homogeneity
analysis. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications XXVI, Chapter 44,
Springer, Cham, Switzerland, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_44,
279-283, 2020.
12. Kishcha, P., Starobinets, B., and Alpert, P.
Modelling of foehn-induced extreme local dust pollution in the Dead Sea valley.
In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications XXV, Chapter 68, Springer, DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-57645-9_68, 433 437, 2017.
11. Kishcha,
P., da Silva, A., Starobinets, B., and Alpert, P. Saharan dust as a causal
factor of significant cloud cover along the Saharan Air Layer in the Atlantic
Ocean. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications XXIV, Chapter 92,
Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24478-5_92, 569 573, 2016.
10.
Provençal, S., Kishcha, P., Elhacham,
E., da Silva, A., and Alpert P., Estimates of AOD Trends (2002 2012) over the
Worlds Major Cities based on the MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis. NASA Technical
Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation. NASA TM-2014-104606, 32, 38p, 2014.
9. Kishcha,
P. da Silva, A., Starobinets, B., and Alpert, P. Modeling of air pollution over
the Ganges basin and north-west Bay of Bengal in the early post-monsoon season
using the NASA GEOS-5 model. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications
XXIII, Chapter 98, Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04379-1, 593 598, 2014.
8. Kishcha, P., Starobinets,
B., Udisti, R., Becagli,
S., di Sarra, A., Nickovic, S., and Alpert, P.
Sea-salt aerosol forecasts over the Mediterranean Sea evaluated by daily
measurements in Lampedusa from 2006 2010. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its
Applications XXII, Chapter 54, Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5577-2_54,
321-325, 2014.
7. Carnevale, C., Finzi,
G., Pisoni, E., Volta, M., Kishcha, P., Cursi, G., Alpert, P. Improved CTM
boundary conditions using DREAM desert dust forecasts: A case study over the Po
Valley. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications XXI. Chapter 99,
Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1359-8_51, 599 605, 2012.
6. Kishcha, P., Starobinets, B., Bozzano, R., Pensieri, S.,
Canepa, E., Nickovic, S., di Sarra, A., Udisti, R., Becagli, S., Alpert,
P. Sea-salt aerosol forecasts compared with wave height and sea-salt
measurements in the open sea. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications
XXI. Chapter 51, Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1359-8_51, 299 303, 2012.
5.
Kishcha, P., Nickovic, S., Luvchik,
A., Janjic, Z., Perez, N., Viana, M., Mihalopoulos, N., Mamane, Y., Yossef, O.,
Alpert, P. Sea-salt aerosol forecasts over the Mediterranean Sea. In: D. Steyn
and S. Rao (Eds), Air pollution modeling and its applications XX, Chapter 2.5,
Springer, DOI:10.1007/978-90-481-3812-8, 133-137, 2010.
4. Kishcha, P., Nickovic,
S., Ganor, E., Kordova, L., Alpert, P. Saharan dust
over the Eastern Mediterranean: Model sensitivity. In: Air pollution modelling
and its applications XIX. Editors: C. Borego and A.I.
Miranda. Chapter 4.2, Springer, ISSN: 1874-6519,
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4020-8453-9_39, 358-366., 2008.
3.
Kishcha, P., P. Alpert, A. Shtivelman, S. Krichak, J. Joseph, G. Kallos, P. Katsafados,
C. Spyrou, G.P. Gobbi, F. Barnaba, S Nickovic, C.
Perez and J.M. Baldasano, Assessment of dust forecast
errors by using lidar measurements over
Rome. In: Air pollution modelling and
its applications XVIII. Editors: C. Borego and E.
Renner. Chapter 1.5, pp. 44-54, Elsevier,
ISSN:1474-8177/DOI:10.1016/S1474-8177(07)06015-9, 2007.
2. Alpert, P., Baldi, M., Ilani, R., Krichak, S., Price, C., Rodo, X., Saaroni.
H., Ziv, B., Kishcha, P., Barkan, J. Relations between climate variability in
the Mediterranean region and the tropics: ENSO, the Indian and the African
monsoons, hurricanes and Saharan dust. Chapter 2 in the book
"Mediterranean Climate Variability", Elsevier, 2006.
1.
Zjulina E.M., Kishcha P., Lukashkin
V.M. and Shirochkov A.B, 1983. Additional power
losses in high-latitudinal radio channels. Moscow. Nauka, 208 p., in Russian, 1983.
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
European Geophysical Union (EGU)
Association
for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
International
Society of Salt Lake Research (ISSLR)
Israel
Physical Society (IPS)
Israel
Meteorological Society (IMS)
Israel
Association of Aerosol Research (IAAR)
Name
of Academic
Year Name
of Student Title of Thesis
Institution
2007 2009 Avi
Luvchik Modeling of sea-salt aerosols Tel
Aviv University
over the Mediterranean region Porter School of
Environmental
Studies (with Prof. P. Alpert)
2008 2011 Olga
Shvainshtain Space monitoring of aerosol Tel
Aviv University
trends over world
megavities
Department of Geophysics
and Planetary Sciences
(with Prof. P. Alpert)