Carotenoids are a wide group of lipophylic isoprenoids synthesized by all photosynthetic
organisms and also by some non-photosynthetic bacteria and fungi. Animals, which cannot …

Understanding the retention time of water in waterbodies during periods of no surface flow in
dryland rivers provides an important context for evaluating the ecological importance of a …

An energy balance model run on a monthly time step for 800 years was developed to predict
the future level, areal extent and temperature of the Dead Sea under different scenarios of …

Abstract The Southeastern Mediterranean is a semiarid marginal area which is highly
sensitive to small perturbations in global climate. This area is projected to become warmer …

The impacts of a possible climate change on water resources in Jordan are investigated
using a physically based model. Six years of historical daily precipitation and meteorological …

Agricultural drought in a typical semiarid Mediterranean environment is investigated during
the growing seasons of 1997 through 2020 using a combination of optical and thermal …

The annual cycle of the Dead Sea surface temperature was investigated using band 10
onboard Landsat 8 during 2017–2018 and thermodynamic concepts. Retrieved Dead Sea …

Evaporation measurements over lakes are limited by physical constraints, logistics and
financial demands. Thermal satellite images and land-based meteorology can be combined …

It is widely accepted that the deposition of mineral facies of evaporite basins is controlled by
the average annual relative humidity of the contiguous atmosphere, which dictates the …

Abstract The Dead Sea (DS) is a terminal hypersaline water body situated in the deepest
part of the Jordan Valley. There is a growing interest in linking the DS to the open seas due …