The study area is almost devoid of any meteorological stations, therefore this analysis depends primarily on data from four stations surroundings to it for the period 1981-2010 | 8oC during the study period compared with the period 1950-1980 |
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Occasionally, this region is affected by the extraordinary passage of tropical cyclones from the Arabian Sea as in the case of September 1992 | Rainfall is infrequent with a mean annualamount of 45mmat Shaiba station which confirms the severe dry conditions in the region |
The climate of Rub Al-Khali is influenced partly by the movement of Mediterranean cyclones during the winter season when they are following southerly and southeasterly tracks, and partly by the presence of the Red Sea thermal lows.
28The maximum increase in the surface temperature exceeds the average global temperature increase over the past century | This study shows that the annual average surface air temperature has been risen by about 0 |
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