Wavelet Analysis: A Links Between the North Atlantic Oscillation andWinter Drought in the MediterraneanWatersheds of theWestern Rif (North Morocco)

• Published in: European Scientific Journal ESJ
• Main Authors: El-Khantoury, Ismail, Obda, Khalid, Achiban, Hassan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Scientific Institute, ESI 2020
• Subjects: Drought; Wavelet; SPI; Western Rif; NAO; Rif; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/12960; https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2020.v16n15p99

Morocco in general and the Mediterranean watersheds of the Western Rif in particular, occasionally have been affected by the negative impacts of drought, as demonstrated by the drought of 1944-1945, 1980-1984, 1994-95, 1998-2000, 2004-2005, 2011-12 and 2015-2016. This study aims (1) to identify and...