Riad Qara Fallah* (1) and Rasha Khaddam (1)
(1). Department of Geography,Tishreen University,Latakia,Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Riad Qara Fallah. E-Mail riadqarafallah@gmail.com,Phone:).
Received: 24/05/2022 Accepted: 17/11/2022
Abstract:
The research aims to determine the amount of linear regression of rainfall amounts and their annual and seasonal changes in the Syrian Badia during 51 years, and to compare precipitation rates during the period 1970-2000 with the period 2001-2020. The results showed a statistically significant decline in the general trend of annual rainfall by a maximum of 98.9 mm during the entire study. Period Seasonally, the regression lines declined significantly, and the winter and spring regression lines were the most prominent, and the period 2001-2020 witnessed a decline in the rate of precipitation compared to the period 1970-2000 and was mostly not statistically significant. The spatial distribution maps indicated a decrease in precipitation over all of the Badia area, except for an increase in the southwestern part by 12 mm in the spring and winter seasons, while precipitation increased in the eastern regions and declined over all regions in the fall during the period 2001-2020 compared to the period 1970-2000.
Keywords: Precipitation change, Climate change, Syrian Badia.
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