Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

[HTML][HTML] Recent climate change in the Arabian Peninsula: seasonal rainfall and temperature climatology of Saudi Arabia for 1979–2009

M Almazroui, MN Islam, PD Jones, H Athar… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - Elsevier
Attempts are made to study the seasonal climatology of the Arabian Peninsula, including the
regional to station level information for Saudi Arabia for the period 1979–2009. The wet …

The intense 2007–2009 drought in the Fertile Crescent: Impacts and associated atmospheric circulation

RM Trigo, CM Gouveia, D Barriopedro - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2010 - Elsevier
The historical region of Fertile Crescent (FC) was recently hit by an intense and prolonged
drought episode during the two hydrological years spanning between 2007 and 2009. Here …

Clustering current climate regions of Turkey by using a multivariate statistical method

C Iyigun, M Türkeş, İ Batmaz, C Yozgatligil… - Theoretical and applied …, 2013 - Springer
In this study, the hierarchical clustering technique, called Ward method, was applied for
grouping common features of air temperature series, precipitation total and relative humidity …

Recent observed climate change over the Arabian Peninsula

S AlSarmi, R Washington - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We have examined trends in temperature and precipitation parameters for the Arabian
Peninsula (AP) during the last 2 to 3 decades. The data set has been carefully quality …

The greening of Arabia: Multiple opportunities for human occupation of the Arabian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene inferred from an ensemble of climate model …

RP Jennings, J Singarayer, EJ Stone… - Quaternary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Climate models are potentially useful tools for addressing human dispersals and
demographic change. The Arabian Peninsula is becoming increasingly significant in the …

Major climate indicators of ongoing drought in Sudan

NA Elagib, MM Elhag - Journal of Hydrology, 2011 - Elsevier
There has been a rigorous debate during the 2000s about the recovery of the African Sahel
from the long-lasting drought. To examine the situation in Sudan, this paper develops the …

Assessment of hydro-climatic trends and causes of dramatically declining stream flow to Lake Chad, Africa, using a hydrological approach

R Mahmood, S Jia - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In the 1960s, Lake Chad (LC) was one of the largest inland water body on the earth
and since then, it has extremely shrunk from a surface area of 25,000 km 2 to 2000 km 2 …

Drought forecasting in a semi-arid watershed using climate signals: a neuro-fuzzy modeling approach

B Choubin, S Khalighi-Sigaroodi, A Malekian… - Journal of Mountain …, 2014 - Springer
Large-scale annual climate indices were used to forecast annual drought conditions in the
Maharlu-Bakhtegan watershed, located in Iran, using a neuro-fuzzy model. The …

Artificial neural network models for forecasting monthly precipitation in Jordan

H Aksoy, A Dahamsheh - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk …, 2009 - Springer
Forecasting precipitation in arid and semi-arid regions, in Jordan in the Middle East for
example, has particular importance since precipitation is the unique source of water in such …