TITLE:
Interannual Climate Variability in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia: Impacts on Annual and Seasonal Precipitation
AUTHORS:
Ali Alsubeai, Suzette R. Burckhard
KEYWORDS:
Climate Variability, Arid Region, Rainfall, Temperature, Saudi Arabia
JOURNAL NAME:
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,
Vol.11 No.4,
August
27,
2021
ABSTRACT: This
study evaluated the annual rainfall for the Tabuk region obtained from observed
datasets for the period 1978-2013. The objective of this study was to determine
Tabuk catchment climate characteristics in terms of precipitation. The annual
average precipitation in the Tabuk region is 33.5 mm which is below the global
average precipitation receiving in arid regions set as less than 250 mm. There
is a drop in the annual rainfall from (25 - 30) mm to (5 - 10) mm (1978-2004).
The lowest annual rainfall (0 - 6.0 mm) occurred in the year 2004, which is the
driest year in a 35-year period.