It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere are causing higher global atmospheric temperatures. However, there is still a …

Earlier reports indicated some specific isolated regions exhibiting a paradoxical increase of
extreme rainfall in spite of decrease in the totals. Here, we conduct a coherent study of the …

Sea surface temperatures in the world's oceans are projected to warm by 0.4–1.4° C by mid
twenty-first century causing many tropical and sub-tropical harmful dinoflagellate genera like …

Canonical correlation analysis is used to identify main coupled circulation–rainfall patterns
and to relate recent variability and trends of Mediterranean precipitation to large-scale …

The quantile map** method is a bias correction method that leads to a good performance
in terms of precipitation. Selecting an appropriate probability distribution model is essential …

Semi-objective classification of daily 1200 UTC synoptic systems was carried out by a
discriminant-like analysis of the National Center for Environmental Prediction–National …

The study of long‐term precipitation record is critically important for a country, whose food
security and economy rely on the timely availability of water. In this study, the historical 102 …

We studied drought patterns in the Valencia region between 1951 and 2000 using 95
monthly precipitation series and the standardized precipitation index (SPI). The general …

Climatic trends in Israel during the period 1970–2002 were studied in detail on the basis of
three parameters: average annual temperature, annual precipitation and the annual aridity …

Variations and trends in the rain regime of Israel are analyzed for 1975–2010, when
persistent global warming has been observed. Negative trend is observed over the majority …