Background The climate change fact is intensive among the Middle East countries and
especially Iran. Among the Middle East countries, Iran will experience an increase of 2.6° C …

Water has a significant role in all our daily activities and its overall consumption is growing
every day because of increasing scheme of mankind living standards. Iran is located in the …

This study examined the trends in reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) on monthly and
annual time scales in Iran. ET0 was estimated using the globally accepted Food and …

Time-series of annual rainfall, number of rainy-days per year and monthly rainfall of 20
stations were analyzed to assess climate variability in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran. The …

This paper analyzes climate variability and change in the Urmia Lake Basin, northwest of
Iran. Annual average of the following data time series has been analyzed by statistical …

Monthly data records of 40 Iranian stations distributed over the country, for the period 1971–
2005, were utilized for estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) using Penman …

The evaluation of spatiotemporal characteristics of drought was based on monthly
precipitation data from 29 synoptic stations for the period of 1948–2012. The percent of …

An analysis of drought in western Iran from 1966 to 2000 is presented using monthly
precipitation data observed at 140 gauges uniformly distributed over the area. Drought …

This study aims at proposing a new bioclimatic zonation for Iran based on the recently
developed Global Bioclimatic Classification System (GBC) and tries to re-appraise this …

Drought is one of the most important natural hazards in Iran and frequently affects a large
number of people, causing tremendous economic losses, environmental damages and …