Sulphate and desertification signals in Middle Eastern temperature trends

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:182806

Nasrallah, H A ^[1]; Balling, Jr, R C ^[2]

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1. Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (Kuwait)
2. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States). Office of Climatology

Analysis of Middle Eastern annual temperature anomalies over the past 40 years reveals statistically significant warming over this time period of 0.07 C per decade. The warming is most pronounced over the spring season and least apparent in the winter season. Spatial analysis reveals a positive relationship between Middle Eastern warming and the degree of human-induced desertification and a negative relationship between local warming and the atmospheric concentration of sulphate.

• OSTI ID: 182806
• Report Number(s): CONF-940426-; ISBN 0-923204-11-3; TRN: IM9608%%171
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on global climate change: science, policy and mitigation strategies, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 5-8 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Global climate change: Science, policy, and mitigation strategies. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association international specialty conference; Mathai, C.V. [ed.] [Arizona Public Service Co., Phoenix, AZ (United States)]; Stensland, G. [ed.] [Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL (United States)]; PB: 1117 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
SULFATES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
NORTH AMERICA
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
EUROPE
AUSTRALIA
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HISTORICAL ASPECTS