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A possible link between El Niño and precipitation in Israel
Author(s) -
Price Colin,
Stone Lewi,
Huppert Amit,
Rajagopalan Balaji,
Alpert Pinhas
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1998gl900098
Subject(s) - precipitation , snow , climatology , streamflow , environmental science , water resources , physical geography , geography , meteorology , geology , drainage basin , ecology , cartography , biology
Various data sets related to precipitation in Israel have been analysed to see whether any statistical relationships exist between the El Niño phenomenon and weather in Israel. An understanding of patterns of precipitation in Israel is extremely important given the limited water resources in the Middle East. The authors have analysed seasonal rainfall, streamflow, snowfall and lake level data, and all of these data sets indicate enhanced precipitation during the winter seasons associated with El Niño years. One intriguing finding is that the statistically significant correlations appear only in the last 25 years.