gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2018-63gesj-739Research ArticleENVIRONMENTОкружающая средаClimate Change Indicators In Alsheikh-Badr Basin (Syria)MohammedSafwan A.

Institution of Land Utilization, Technology  and Regional Planning, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management.

Debrecen.

safwan@agr.unideb.huFallahRiad Qara

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Lattakia.

University of DebrecenHungaryTishreen UniversitySyrian Arab Republic2019040720191228796Copyright © Mohammed S.A., Fallah R.Q., 20192019Mohammed S.A., Fallah R.Q.Mohammed S.A., Fallah R.Q.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/739

The trends and variability of climate change were studied through analyzing the trend of change in the annual temperature and rainfall averages  during  the period (1960 – 2016) in Al-Sheikh Badr Region  by using Normal  Distribution and De-Martonne index.  The results showed a (-189 mm) linear decrease in the general trend of the rainfall, associated with a (+0.9o C) increase in the general trend of the temperature between 1960 and 2016. Also, Normal distribution showed that the probability of extreme temperatures events  higher  than 17.5oC increased  from  3.3% during  the period  1960-1990  to 24.8% during the period 1991-2016. While the probability of an extreme  annual  rainfall (more than 1800 mm) decreases  from  5.3% to 4.7%,  nevertheless,  the probability  of rainfall events less than 800mm where increased.  Furthermore,  there is a significant  trend of drought in the studied area, where the De-Martonne index reaches (-10.75) through the period (1960-2016).

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