Rainfall Trends in the District of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Palestine

Al-Rimmawi, Hussein; Ghanem, Marwan; Shalash, Ibrahim

doi:10.4236/jwarp.2010.24040

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“…Most of the previous studies employed climatic models to project future changes in rainfall and temperature (Evans, 2008;2010;Evans et al, 2004;Krichak et al, 2007;Shehadeh, 1976;Anagnostopoulou et al, 2006;Lionello and Giorgi, 2007;Kafle and Bruins, 2009;Pederson, 2008;Krichak et al, 2007). Other studies used statistical techniques such as CUSUM charts, moving averages and regression models (Smadi and Zghoul, 2006;Pederson, 2008;Alpert et al, 2008;Dahamsheh and Aksoy, 2007;Al-Rimmawi et al, 2010).…”

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The Impact of Climate Change Upon Winter Rainfall

Shehadeh

Ananbeh

2013

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Climatic models that project the impact of climate change upon rainfall in the Eastern Mediterranean region predict that the negative impact will be more pronounced upon winter rainfall rather than Fall or Spring rainfall where instability conditions become more pronounced. Those models, also, predict that, due to the great geographical diversity, projected rainfall trends in the above region will show great spatial variability. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the possible impact of climate change upon winter rainfall (December, January and February) in Jordan. Data from six meteorological stations that represent well the spatial variation of rainfall in the country is used. Various statistical techniques are applied in this study including, linear regression, t- test, moving averages and CUSUM charts. Results of the analysis reveal a decreasing rainfall trend in all the sample stations. However, the decreasing trends are significant at the 0.05 level in three stations only (Salt, Amman and Irbid). The negative impact of climate change upon winter rainfall totals in the northern and central parts of Jordan, where most of winter rainfall is associated with Mediterranean depressions, is statistically significant at the 0.05 level. However, such impact is not significant in the southern and eastern parts of the country, where a greater portion of winter rainfall is associated with khamasini depressions and instability conditions. Further research analyzing the impact of climate change upon other climatic elements such as temperature, relative humidity and dust storms is needed

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The Impact of Climate Change Upon Winter Rainfall

Shehadeh

Ananbeh

2013

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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“…On a national basis, these trends have been addressed by the studies of Pnevmatikos and Katsoulis (2006), Feidas et al (2007), Philandras et al (2008), Kambezidis et al (2010), Nastos et al (2011), Mamara et al (2015), Feidas (2017), Tzanis et al (2019), Kastridis et al (2022), Sakalis (2022), Varlas et al (2022), Stathi et al (2023), referred to Greece; Kadioğlu (1997), Türkeş (1999), Türkeş et al (2002), Türkeş and Erlat (2003), Partal and Kahya (2006), Hadi and Tombul (2018), Topuz et al (2020), Mersin et al (2022), Todaro et al (2022), Aalijahan et al (2023), referred to Turkey; Ben-Gai et al (1999), al-Rimmawi et al (2010, Givati and Rosenfeld (2013), Shadeed (2013), Yosef et al (2019), Ajjur and al-Ghamdi (2021), Salameh et al (2022), referred to Israel; Price et al (1999), Giannakopoulos et al (2010), Zaifoğlu et al (2017), Zittis et al (2021), referred to Cyprus; and Shaban (2011) and Ramadan et al (2013), referred to Lebanon.…”

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Trend analysis and forecast of annual precipitation and temperature series in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Sakalis

2024

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The present study aims to examine the current trend of annual precipitation and temperature series referred to the Eastern Mediterranean basin on a national basis, including the annual variability of sea surface temperature anomalies and the connection effect with the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Mediterranean Oscillation indices (NAOI and MOI, respectively). The period under consideration is mainly the last 32 years, from 1990 to 2021. Additionally, the prediction of monthly and yearly temperature and precipitation series, based on the autoregressive integrated moving average model on a national base, for the next four or eight years, is another interesting feature of the present study. Results indicate rising trends in the annual precipitation during 1990-2021, mostly non-significant and significant warming trends in the annual temperature, including sea surface temperature. The NAOI is highly correlated mostly with annual temperature, whereas the MOI does not affect the variation of annual precipitation and temperature. The results of the present study are in general agreement with the results of available studies in the literature, and they could be of high interest to national authorities and environmental unions/organizations, to help decision-makers face climate change.

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Sensitivity of vegetation to annual rainfall variations over Nigeria

Areola

Fasona

2018

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

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Rainfall Trends in the District of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Palestine

Cited by 3 publications

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The Impact of Climate Change Upon Winter Rainfall

The Impact of Climate Change Upon Winter Rainfall

Trend analysis and forecast of annual precipitation and temperature series in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Sensitivity of vegetation to annual rainfall variations over Nigeria

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