Spatial distribution of unidirectional trends in temperature and temperature extremes in Pakistan

N Khan, S Shahid, T Ismail, XJ Wang - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries of the world to temperature extremes due to
its predominant arid climate and geographic location in the fast temperature rising zone …

Trends in heat wave related indices in Pakistan

N Khan, S Shahid, T Ismail, K Ahmed… - … research and risk …, 2019 - Springer
Increased frequency and severity of heat wave is one of the immediate and certain impacts
of rising temperature due to global warming. A number of heat wave related indices …

Prediction of heat waves in Pakistan using quantile regression forests

N Khan, S Shahid, L Juneng, K Ahmed, T Ismail… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rising temperature due to global warming has caused an increase in frequency and
severity of heat waves across the world. A statistical model known as Quantile Regression …

Selection of GCMs for the projection of spatial distribution of heat waves in Pakistan

N Khan, S Shahid, K Ahmed, X Wang, R Ali… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Performance of 31 General Circulation Models (GCMs) of Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) was assessed according to their ability to …

Climate change impacts in Iran: assessing our current knowledge

J Rahimi, A Malekian, A Khalili - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019 - Springer
During recent years, various studies have focused on investigating the direct and indirect
impacts of climate changes in Iran while the noteworthy fact is the achievement gained by …

Determining new threshold temperatures for cooling and heating degree day index of different climatic zones of Iran

GR Roshan, AA Ghanghermeh, S Attia - Renewable energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Iran is a country with a variety of different climates. Determining the threshold temperatures
suitable for providing thermal and climatic comfort is necessary and vital to its population …

Defining thermal comfort boundaries for heating and cooling demand estimation in Iran's urban settlements

GR Roshan, M Farrokhzad, S Attia - Building and environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Iran has diverse climate variability, comfort boundaries for each geographic region must be
defined in order to present current architectural design recommendations and proper …

Precipitation variability and its trend detection for monitoring of drought hazard in northern mountainous region of Pakistan

I Khan, T Waqas, Samiullah, S Ullah - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is a powerful tool, requiring only
precipitation data for calculating the intensity, duration, magnitude, severity and frequency of …

The effect of cold and heat waves on mortality in Urmia a cold region in the North West of Iran

R Sharafkhani, N Khanjani, B Bakhtiari, Y Jahani… - Journal of thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Few studies have investigated the different extreme temperature effects (heat-cold) of one
geographical location at the same time in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the …

Climatic zoning and per capita demand forecast of Iran using degree-day method

H Eshraghi, M Ansari, S Moshari… - Advances in Building …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In order to achieve a more accurate prediction of future electrical energy consumption, the
present research considers a long-term study of the climatic conditions of Iran for the top 82 …