Abstract
Drought is a frequently occurring natural phenomenon in the semiarid areas, in which rainfall is the only source of recharge. Over the past few years, the West Bank has experienced lower than average annual precipitations. This paper conducts drought analysis in the West Bank and assesses the impact of climate change. The BILAN software package has been used to develop a physically based model and to assess the water balance components in a monthly step. Two sets of simulated time series have been generated; one for the reference situation and one for the conditions of climate change. Analysis of both time series has been conducted has revealed the impact of climate change on drought characteristics of duration, severity and onset. Given that BILAN has been developed for other bio climatic zones, this paper will further recommend adapting it to semi-arid zones.(Author)
Carmi, Natacha;
Bachir, Basema;
Rabi, Ayman E-mail:phgnatasha@yahoo com
[1]
- Palestinian Hydrology Group, P.O.Box 25220, Jerusalem 97300, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (Israel)
Citation Formats
Carmi, Natacha, Bachir, Basema, and Rabi, Ayman E-mail:phgnatasha@yahoo com.
Drought analysis and the effect of climate change in the West Bank/Palestine.
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: N. p.,
2004.
Web.
Carmi, Natacha, Bachir, Basema, & Rabi, Ayman E-mail:phgnatasha@yahoo com.
Drought analysis and the effect of climate change in the West Bank/Palestine.
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of.
Carmi, Natacha, Bachir, Basema, and Rabi, Ayman E-mail:phgnatasha@yahoo com.
2004.
"Drought analysis and the effect of climate change in the West Bank/Palestine."
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of.
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abstractNote = {Drought is a frequently occurring natural phenomenon in the semiarid areas, in which rainfall is the only source of recharge. Over the past few years, the West Bank has experienced lower than average annual precipitations. This paper conducts drought analysis in the West Bank and assesses the impact of climate change. The BILAN software package has been used to develop a physically based model and to assess the water balance components in a monthly step. Two sets of simulated time series have been generated; one for the reference situation and one for the conditions of climate change. Analysis of both time series has been conducted has revealed the impact of climate change on drought characteristics of duration, severity and onset. Given that BILAN has been developed for other bio climatic zones, this paper will further recommend adapting it to semi-arid zones.(Author)}
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title = {Drought analysis and the effect of climate change in the West Bank/Palestine}
author = {Carmi, Natacha, Bachir, Basema, and Rabi, Ayman E-mail:phgnatasha@yahoo com}
abstractNote = {Drought is a frequently occurring natural phenomenon in the semiarid areas, in which rainfall is the only source of recharge. Over the past few years, the West Bank has experienced lower than average annual precipitations. This paper conducts drought analysis in the West Bank and assesses the impact of climate change. The BILAN software package has been used to develop a physically based model and to assess the water balance components in a monthly step. Two sets of simulated time series have been generated; one for the reference situation and one for the conditions of climate change. Analysis of both time series has been conducted has revealed the impact of climate change on drought characteristics of duration, severity and onset. Given that BILAN has been developed for other bio climatic zones, this paper will further recommend adapting it to semi-arid zones.(Author)}
place = {Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of}
year = {2004}
month = {Jul}
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