%0 Journal Article
%T Interannual Climate Variability in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia: Impacts on Annual and Seasonal Precipitation
%A Ali Alsubeai
%A Suzette R. Burckhard
%J Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
%P 645-657
%@ 2160-0422
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/acs.2021.114038
%X This
study evaluated the annual rainfall for the Tabuk region obtained from observed
datasets for the period 1978-2013. The objective of this study was to determine
Tabuk catchment climate characteristics in terms of precipitation. The annual
average precipitation in the Tabuk region is 33.5 mm which is below the global
average precipitation receiving in arid regions set as less than 250 mm. There
is a drop in the annual rainfall from (25 - 30) mm to (5 - 10) mm (1978-2004).
The lowest annual rainfall (0 - 6.0 mm) occurred in the year 2004, which is the
driest year in a 35-year period.
%K Climate Variability
%K Arid Region
%K Rainfall
%K Temperature
%K Saudi Arabia
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=111548