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Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Temperature, Precipitation, and Drought Incidents: A Comprehensive Study of Environmental Trends in the Upper Draa Basin, Morocco.
| Title: | Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Temperature, Precipitation, and Drought Incidents: A Comprehensive Study of Environmental Trends in the Upper Draa Basin, Morocco. |
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| Authors: | El Qorchi, Fadoua, Yacoubi Khebiza, Mohammed, Omondi, Onyango Augustine, Karmaoui, Ahmed, Pham, Quoc Bao, Acharki, Siham |
| Source: | Water (20734441); Nov2023, Vol. 15 Issue 22, p3906, 21p |
| Abstract: | Quantifying variation in precipitation and drought in the context of a changing climate is important to assess climate-induced changes and propose feasible mitigation strategies, particularly in agrarian economies. This study investigates the main characteristics and historical drought trend for the period 1980–2016 using the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), Standard Precipitation Evaporation Index (SPEI), Run Theory and Mann–Kendall Trend Test at seven stations across the Upper Draa Basin. The results indicate that rainfall has the largest magnitude over the M'semrir and Agouim (>218 mm/pa) and the lowest in the Agouilal, Mansour Eddahbi Dam, and Assaka subregions (104 mm–134 mm/pa). The annual rainfall exhibited high variability with a coefficient of variation between 35−57% and was positively related to altitude with a correlation coefficient of 0.86. However, no significant annual rainfall trend was detected for all stations. The drought analysis results showed severe drought in 1981–1984, 2000–2001, and 2013–2014, with 2001 being the driest year during the study period and over 75% of both SPEI and SPI values returned drought. Conversely, wet years were experienced in 1988–1990 and 2007–2010, with 1989 being the wettest year. The drought frequency was low (<19%) across all the timescales considered for both SPI and SPEI, with Mansour Eddahbi Dam and Assaka recording the highest frequencies for SPI-3 and SPEI-3, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | DROUGHT management, ENVIRONMENTAL sciences, DROUGHTS, TEMPERATURE |
| Geographic Terms: | MOROCCO |
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| ISSN: | 20734441 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/w15223906 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |
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