Journal article
Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the Arab region: Long-term trends and variability related to ENSO and NAO
MG Donat, TC Peterson, M Brunet, AD King, M Almazroui, RK Kolli, D Boucherf, AY Al-Mulla, AY Nour, AA Aly, TAA Nada, MM Semawi, HA Al Dashti, TG Salhab, KI El Fadli, MK Muftah, S Dah Eida, W Badi, F Driouech, K El Rhaz Show all
International Journal of Climatology | WILEY | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3707
Abstract
A workshop was held in Casablanca, Morocco, in March 2012, to enhance knowledge of climate extremes and their changes in the Arab region. This workshop initiated intensive data compilation activities of daily observational weather station data from the Arab region. After conducting careful control processes to ensure the quality and homogeneity of the data, climate indices for extreme temperatures and precipitation were calculated. This study examines the temporal changes in climate extremes in the Arab region with regard to long-term trends and natural variability related to ENSO and NAO. We find consistent warming trends since the middle of the 20th Century across the region. This is evide..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This workshop is part of the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) coordinated by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA); more information is available at www.escwa.un/RICCAR. It was funded through a multi-agency project under the framework of RICCAR, by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), with technical support by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and its Commission for Climatology (CCl) and logistic support by ESCWA and the Moroccan weather service, the Direction de la Meteorologie Nationale (DMN). In particular, we acknowledge Carol Chouchani Cherfane and Tarek Sadek from ESCWA and Abdallah Mokssit, Director of DMN, Permanent Representative of Morocco with WMO and Third Vice-President of WMO, without whose excellent organisation the workshop would not have been possible. Markus Donat was also supported by Australian Research Council grant LP100200690, and Andrew King is supported by Australian Research Council grant CE110001028. Manola Brunet acknowledges the support of the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement 242093 (EURO4M: European Reanalysis and Observations for Monitoring). We are grateful to Lisa Alexander for helpful discussions. We also thank the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.