A review of managed aquifer recharge potential in the Middle East and North Africa Region with examples from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab …

M Sherif, A Sefelnasr, M Al Rashed, D Alshamsi… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Groundwater extraction in most Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries far exceeds
its renewability, which ranges from 6% to 100%. Freshwater resources to support food …

Review on the use of environmental isotopes for groundwater recharge and evaporation studies in the GCC countries

MM Mohamed, S Parimalarenganayaki, Q Khan… - Groundwater for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which consist of Bahrain, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, possess abundant oil resources but …

Risk Assessment and mapping of flash flood vulnerable zones in Arid Region, Fujairah City, UAE-using remote sensing and GIS-based analysis

P Subraelu, A Ahmed, AA Ebraheem, M Sherif… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
A flash flood is the most common natural hazard that endangers people's lives, the
economy, and infrastructure. Watershed management and planning are essential for …

Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series and climate projection in African cities

F De Paola, M Giugni, ME Topa, E Bucchignani - SpringerPlus, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Changes in the hydrologic cycle due to increase in greenhouse gases cause
variations in intensity, duration, and frequency of precipitation events. Quantifying the …

Modeling groundwater flow and seawater intrusion in the coastal aquifer of Wadi Ham, UAE

M Sherif, A Kacimov, A Javadi… - Water resources …, 2012 - Springer
Groundwater pumping from Kalbha and Fujairah coastal aquifer of the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) has increased significantly during the last two decades to meet the agriculture water …

Newspapers as a validation proxy for GIS modeling in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates: identifying flood-prone areas

MM Yagoub, AA Alsereidi, EA Mohamed, P Periyasamy… - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction listed 10 reasons businesses should
reduce their disaster exposure, including risk factoring, which cannot be achieved without …

Utilization of social media in floods assessment using data mining techniques

Q Khan, E Kalbus, N Zaki, MM Mohamed - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Floods are among the devastating types of disasters in terms of human life, social and
financial losses. Authoritative data from flood gauges are scarce in arid regions because of …

Potential groundwater zone mapping based on geo-hydrological considerations and multi-criteria spatial analysis: North UAE

R Al-Ruzouq, A Shanableh, T Merabtene, M Siddique… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Many regions in arid and semi-arid lands suffer from water resource scarcity due to climatic
constraints combined with a rapid increase in domestic water consumption due to …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of rainfall, PMP and drought in the United Arab Emirates.

M Sherif, M Almulla, A Shetty… - International journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Spatial and temporal characteristics of rainfall in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were
investigated. The region is divided into four climate zones (East Coast, Mountains, Gravel …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient uncertainty quantification for seawater intrusion prediction using Optimized sampling and Null Space Monte Carlo method

S Saad, AA Javadi, R Farmani, M Sherif - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Uncertainty in environmental modeling predictions, stemming from parameter estimation, is
a crucial challenge that must be addressed to ensure effective decision-making. Limited field …