Analysis of measurements of the annual volume of rain falling in Israel and other areas west of the Jordan River between 1931 and 2008 shows no evidence of a significant change during the last 78 years. Significant time trends were also absent during the 1967-2002 period when a marked increase in the regional annual air temperature occurred and during the 1976-2007 period when a cloud seeding program was operational. The use of the documented inter-annual distribution to calculate probabilities of the occurrence of regional water deficits and surpluses is illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Publication year is 2009-2010
Analysis of measurements of the annual volume of rain falling in Israel and other areas west of the Jordan River between 1931 and 2008 shows no evidence of a significant change during the last 78 years. Significant time trends were also absent during the 1967-2002 period when a marked increase in the regional annual air temperature occurred and during the 1976-2007 period when a cloud seeding program was operational. The use of the documented inter-annual distribution to calculate probabilities of the occurrence of regional water deficits and surpluses is illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Publication year is 2009-2010