Identifying the Climatic Conditions in Iraq by Tracking Down Cooling Events in the North Atlantic Ocean in the Period 3000–0 BC

North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), monthly averages of precipitation in the Baghdad station, and petrologic tracer proxy data for ocean properties in the North Atlantic (NA) have been used in an attempt to identify climatic conditions in Iraq during the study period. The study showed that contemporar...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Miscellanea Geographica
Main Author: Muslih Khamis D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014
Subjects:
iraq
north atlantic oscillation
drift ice indices
drought intervals
eastern mediterranean
Geography (General)
G1-922
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0016
https://doaj.org/article/26103c83cf8b4e2b9d1f119d6ea1e145
Description
Summary:North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), monthly averages of precipitation in the Baghdad station, and petrologic tracer proxy data for ocean properties in the North Atlantic (NA) have been used in an attempt to identify climatic conditions in Iraq during the study period. The study showed that contemporary changes in precipitation in Iraq are associated with NAO, as a negative relationship is found between them. Moreover, the study found that there is a strong negative correlation between NAOI and SST in NA, where drift ice indices explain between 33–36% of the NAOI variability.

Similar Items