Egypt

Farouk, Dalia; Youssef, Lamiaa

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“…The stones of which the monuments in Egypt are made must have gone through weathering and disintegration owing to their exposure to the outside atmosphere (Ismael, 2015). However, the process of natural weathering is slow but there are studies which shed light on the fact that changes in climatic conditions can exacerbate the disintegration of monuments (Camuffo, 1986;Sabbioni et al, 2008;Sabbioni et al, 2010;Brimblecombe et al, 2011;Ismael, 2015) Several experts have noticed discoloration and cracking being witnessed at the monuments of Luxor and the Great Pyramids in Memphis, along with others, due to the changes in temperature and humidity (Farouk, 2019). Exposure of stones to ultraviolet (UV) radiation may also result in their discoloration (Sitzia et al, 2021).…”

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Monitoring temperature patterns at the selected world heritage sites in Egypt using high resolution WorldClim data

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2023

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Long term temperature patterns helps in assessing changes in the climatic conditions of an area and climatic changes poses a major challenge to the world heritage sites whether it is natural or cultural. Therefore in this study using maximum and minimum temperature data for the period 1960-2021 downloaded from WorldClim 2.1 calculation of mean temperature is done in QGIS environment for the selected UNESCO world heritage sites of Arab Republic of Egypt. WorldClim 2.1 provides finer resolution gridded data downscaled from Climate Research Unit. Trend analysis using linear regression and Mann-Kendall method and Sen’s Slope estimate is used to understand the patterns of mean temperature at all the selected sites. The study reveals that mean temperature at all the selected sites is increasing but since 1990 the sites which are located geographically in lower Egypt are witnessing rapid increase in mean temperature compared to the sites located in upper Egypt which historically witnessed more temperature due to its geographical milieu. This study can help in stimulating the utility of geospatial data in understanding the changes in climatic parameters in relation to world heritage sites. Moreover it can serve as foundation upon which detailed longitudinal site specific investigation can be done.

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Monitoring temperature patterns at the selected world heritage sites in Egypt using high resolution WorldClim data

Dave

2023

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Monitoring temperature patterns at the selected world heritage sites in Egypt using high resolution WorldClim data

Monitoring temperature patterns at the selected world heritage sites in Egypt using high resolution WorldClim data

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