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
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)