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Alkolibi, Fahad

doi:10.1023/a:1015777403153

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“…The overall reduction in water sources was estimated to be 241-1435 MCM per year [29,30]. Other studies reported the possible increase in agricultural water demand by 5-15% in 2050 for the unchanged level of productions [2,[31][32][33].…”

Section: Implications On Water Resources and Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trends of Climate Change in Saudi Arabia: Implications on Water Resources

Tarawneh

Chowdhury

2018

Climate

108

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Climate change is an important factor for sustainable water resource management in the arid and semi-arid countries. In this study, future trends of temperature and rainfall were assessed for several regions in Saudi Arabia. The linear and Mann-Kendall analyses showed an increase of temperature in all regions and decrease of rainfall in many regions. Following trend analysis, the outputs of the NCAR Community Climate System Model were obtained for three emission scenarios (high: representative concentration pathways RCP8.5; high medium: RCP6; and low: RCP2.6) for the assessment periods of 2025-2044, 2045-2064 and 2065-2084 respectively, and compared with the average values from the reference period (1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). In all emission scenarios, temperature showed an increase from 1986 to 2005 in all regions. For RCP8.5, increase of temperature are in the ranges of 0.8-1.6 • C, 0.9-2.7 • C and 0.7-4.1 • C during 2025-2044, 2045-2064 and 2065-2084 respectively. However, rainfall showed variable patterns with respect to emission scenarios and assessment periods. In most regions, the RCP6 showed decrease in rainfall from the reference period while the RCP8.5 and RCP2.6 showed variable patterns. The increase of temperature and variable pattern of rainfall may increase uncertainty in developing sustainable water resource management strategies.

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Section: Implications On Water Resources and Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Future study should investigate the effects of temperature increase in Saudi Arabia. In addition, quality of water in the drinking water sources are likely to be degraded with the increase of temperature [2,30,31].…”

Section: Implications On Water Resources and Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Trends of Climate Change in Saudi Arabia: Implications on Water Resources

Tarawneh

Chowdhury

2018

Climate

108

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“…In regard to the health of people, the government of Saudi Arabia has concerns about the sustainability of these crops as they are being influenced by the extreme climatic conditions. In order to minimize these hazardous climate changes, the government is still focusing on the irrigation strategies (Alkolibi, 2002).…”

Section: Development Of Agriculture and Food Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, a fleet of 17 planes has been specially equipped to be flying hospitals that carry the wounded and the ill and take care of them until they arrive at the destination hospitals. These flying hospitals are able to fly long distances to connect patients to any place in the world (Alkolibi, 2002). The duties of the Health Ministry include taking care of Saudis who have special needs, such as the elderly, orphans, disabled people and juveniles.…”

Section: Health and Social Care Domainmentioning

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The Development of Saudi Arabia in King Fahd’s Era

Saud¹

2018

ACH

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This article explores the development of Saudi Arabia during King Fahd's era through research which highlights the challenges and reasons behind the decline in achieving five year plans. Saudi Arabia is one of those Middle Eastern countries, based on a traditional Islamic Law system, where the process of innovation is extremely slow. The purpose of the study was to focus on the policy implementations and improvements effected during the era of King Fahd and how they changed the economy of the Kingdom. The study also uncovered some of the achievements and limitations of the initiative to educate women in their chosen fields. The impact of the innovative development plans were explored, with education, industrial development, and trade identified as core focuses during the King Fahd era. The focus on these three aspects essentially resulted in the development of Saudi Arabia's economic processes, although some failures suggested the need for further improvements through the application of new strategies. Moreover, there was a need for developmental procedures in education, industry and trade areas that ultimately affected the economy of the Kingdom.

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“…Alkolibi [20] assessed the possible impact of climatic change on Saudi Arabia's agriculture and water supplies using climatic change scenarios using General Circulation Models and related research. His assessment indicated that an increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation could have a major negative impact on agriculture and water supplies in Saudi Arabia.…”

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Extreme Temperature Variability over High Topography

Rehman¹,

Al‐Hadhrami²,

Mohandes

et al. 2012

OJAP

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The temperature variability was studied using linear regression models, Man-Kendall (M-K) rank statistics, mean monthly and annual temperature anomalies, number of hot and cold days and nights per annum. The temperature time series (mean, minimum and maximum) has shown a warming trend of the local air during last two decades. The maximum and minimum of the monthly mean temperatures of 23.35˚C and 13.25˚C were observed in June and January, respectively. Similarly, the maximum and minimum temperature ranges of 13.4˚C and 8.2˚C were found in December and June. The ratios between the hottest and coldest month's monthly mean maximum and monthly mean minimum temperatures were 1.039 and 1.033, respectively. The best fit linear line showed an increase of 0.048˚C per annum in the annual mean temperature with a coefficient of determination of 52%. An overall increase of 1.01˚C was found between 1985. The Mann-Kendall rank statistics test confirmed the warming trends of the local atmospheric environment of Abha city.

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Cited by 109 publications

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Trends of Climate Change in Saudi Arabia: Implications on Water Resources

Trends of Climate Change in Saudi Arabia: Implications on Water Resources

The Development of Saudi Arabia in King Fahd’s Era

Extreme Temperature Variability over High Topography

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