Assessing the growing threat of heat stress in the North Africa and Arabian Peninsula region connected to climate change

MM Hamed, AAJ Al-Hasani, MS Nashwan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change exacerbates extreme heat events in the North Africa and Arabian Peninsula
(NAAP) region, posing a significant threat to human health and well-being. This study …

Spatiotemporal changes in universal thermal climate index in the Middle East and North Africa

MM Hamed, AK Kyaw, MS Nashwan, S Shahid - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A fast temperature rise has made the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region a global
hotspot of extreme heat events. Previous studies conducted in the region to evaluate …

A novel approach for evaluation of CMIP6 GCMs in simulating temperature and precipitation extremes of Pakistan

Z Ali, MM Hamed, MKI Muhammad… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The study used a hybrid approach to evaluate the performance of 20 global climate models
(GCMs) from CMIP6 in reproducing 20 extreme temperature and precipitation indices over …

[HTML][HTML] Egypt's water future: AI predicts evapotranspiration shifts across climate zones

A Mokhtar, MM Hamed, H He, A Salem… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Region Egypt is a country located in northeastern Africa. Study Focus The
research evaluated the random forest (RF) and extreme gradient boosting (XGB) as single …

Estimations of potential evapotranspiration from CMIP6 multi-model ensemble over Africa

I Yahaya, Z Li, J Zhou, S Jiang, B Su, J Huang… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) plays a pivotal role in resource management and drought
assessment. However, future PET estimates remain underexplored in the African region …

Assessing exposure to climate extremes over the Arabian Peninsula using ERA5 reanalysis data: Spatial distribution and temporal trends

AS Al-Sakkaf, J Zhang, F Yao, MM Hamed… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding climate extremes and indices is crucial for addressing climate change
impacts, including the increased variability in local weather patterns and extreme events …

Spatiotemporal analysis of compound droughts and heat waves in the Horn of Africa

AA Alasow, MM Hamed, M Rady… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change has increased the frequency and severity of weather extremes, including
droughts, heat waves and compound drought and heatwave (CDHW) events. CDHW events …

Investigating the role of driving variables on ETo variability and “evapotranspiration paradox” across the indian subcontinent under historic and future climate change

FC Varghese, S Mitra - Water Resources Management, 2024 - Springer
Comprehensive studies on aridity, reference evapotranspiration (ETo) and their driving
variables are lacking in the context of the Indian region. This study comprehensively …

A review of evapotranspiration estimation methods for climate-smart agriculture tools under a changing climate: vulnerabilities, consequences, and implications

IA Lakhiar, H Yan, C Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Water and …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Climate change (CC) seriously threatens global water resources, exacerbating extreme
water scarcity issues, especially in agriculture. Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the …

Spatiotemporal trends of reference evapotranspiration in Algeria

T Bouregaa - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2024 - Springer
Reference evapotranspiration (ET0) is a key variable for understanding the water cycle and
is essential for managing water resources in arid and semi-arid regions. Employing the high …