Asia ; Atmospheric circulation ; Correlation ; Drought ; Interannual variability ; Middle East ; Rainfall ; Regional climate ; Years 1960-69 ; Years 1980-89
Dry and wet years in the Near-East - Relationship with regional atmospheric circulation. Rainfall in the Near-East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel) is characterized by a strong variability at inter-annual and monthly time scales. Three regional
units of co-variation are defined using monthly data for 116 stations on the period 1960-90. The relationship between the exceptionally wet and dry months and atmospheric circulation (NCEP-NCAR reanalyses) is analysed. Rainfall in the three regions