Download or read book Atmospheric Conditions in the Middle East written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes atmospheric conditions in the Middle East. This area is defined here as Iran, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. A detailed discussion of the extreme variability of precipitation in both space and time is given. Available information about temperature, humidity, fog, dust storms, and solar energy is summarized. Tables of three-hourly seasonal data for Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Dhahran, Baghdad, and Tehran are included. These tables list means and standard deviations of temperature, dew point, absolute humidity, and wind speed. Maximum and minimum absolute humidities are also included. Visibility and cloud cover are described by frequency distributions.