Mbithi Daniel Muange (1), Muthama John. N. (2), Ng’ang’a John (3) (1) Kenya Meteorological Services, Nanyuki Town, Kenya (2) Department of Meteorology, School of Physical Sciences, Chiromo Campus, University of Nairobi, Nairobi City, Kenya (3) Department of Meteorology, School of Physical Sciences, Chiromo Campus, University of Nairobi, Nairobi City Kenya   Abstract This study investigates […]

C. Mares1, I. Mares1, A. Stanciu1, M. Mihailescu2, 1 National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management Sos. Bucuresti – Ploiesti, 97, Bucharest, Romania 2 Agricultural University, Bucharest, Romania constantin.mares@hidro.ro    Abstract The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is represented through a circulation index which emphasizes the difference between the characteristics of the atmospheric circulation at high […]

Assoc. Prof. Pl.Petkov (1), Assoc. Prof. N.Gadjalska (2), Assoc. Prof. R.Kireva (3), Eng. K.Karaivanov (4) Research Institute for Land Reclamation and Agricultural Mechanization (RILRAM) –Sofia, Bulgaria pl.petkov@abv.bg   Abstract: Good irrigation practices are an integral part of overall good manufacturing practices for growing crops in various agro-ecological conditions of the country, the use of which […]

Marina Herrera-Pantoja Queretaro Water Commission. Querétaro Av. 5 de Febrero No. 35, Col. Las Campanas CP 76010 México hpmarina@yahoo.com Abstract The Central and northern regions of Mexico receive less than 20% of Mexico’s precipitation, however they contain 77% of the population and generate 87% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country (INEGI, 2005). […]

Dimiter Syrakov1, Valery Spiridonov1, Kostadin Ganev2, Maria Prodanova1, Andrey Bogatchev1, Nikolai Miloshev2, Kiril Slavov1 1National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 66 Tzarigradsko Chausee, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria 2Geophysical Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl.3, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria   Abstract  The main objective of the EC FP6 project CECILIA is to […]

Filiz Dadaser-Celik* and Eda Cengiz Erciyes University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey fdadaser@erciyes.edu.tr   Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the strength of the relationships between stream flow and climatic variables in Turkey. Stream flow data from 64 gauging stations in 24 river basins of Turkey were used in the […]

L. Kuchar1,2*, S. Iwański1, L. Jelonek2, W. Szalińska2 1 Department of Mathematics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Live Sciences ul. Grunwaldzka 53, PL-50357 Wroclaw, Poland. 2 Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Parkowa 30, PL-51-616 Wrocław, Poland. leszek.kuchar@gmail.com   Abstract In the paper probability distributions of river flows for selected climate change scenarios and different time […]

M. Szwed Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  mszwed@man.poznan.pl   Abstract From the last decade of the 20th century the significant global warming has been being observed according to a report from the UK Met Office. Central Europe, including Poland, is not an exception. What is more, climate […]

 Y.H.Alghifari1,2 ,M.Abdel Wahab2 and K.Fahmy3 1 Meteorology and Environmental in Saudi Arabia 2 Dept. Astronomy and Meteorology Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt 3 Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Egypt amushtaq12008@live.com   Abstract Dust storms are atmospheric phenomena that have recently been recognized as having a very wide range of environmental impacts. The study is based on […]

Serkan Şenocak, Reşat Acar, Selim Şengül Atatürk University, Engineering Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, Erzurum, Turkey ssenocak@atauni.edu.tr   Abstract This study aims to determine possible trends in the annual extreme Short Duration Rainfall (SDR) series using nonparametric methods (such as the Mann–Kendall and Sen’s T tests). The data network used in this study, which is assumed […]