Drought Trends in Syria from 1900 to 2015

Safwan Mohammed¹ Karam Alsafadi² Seyed Mohammad Nasir Mousavi³ Endre Harsanyie⁴

1) 1. Institute of Land Use, Technology and Regional Development, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
2) 2. Department of Geography and GIS, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Alexandria 25435, Egypt
3) 1. Institute of Land Use, Technology and Regional Development, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
4) 1. Institute of Land Use, Technology and Regional Development, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary

IOI Code : XBBA-DBZDC
Publication : 4th International Congress of Developing Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism of Iran(4icsda.ir)
Abstract :
    This study aimed to analyze the trend of temperature rainfall and drought, during the period (1900-2015) in Syria. Statistical analyses showed a decrease of rainfall, and an increase in temperature, interestingly, the study emphasize a gradual increase of standardized precipitation (SPI) index, which is a good indicator of drought development in the study area over time. Also, the study highlighted that the five years before Syrian conflict (2005-2009) witness a dramatic change in temperature, rainfall pattern and drought cycle, which has been the most disastrous year for the agricultural sector.

Keywords : spi index climate change syria