Title: Assessing climate change indicators in the United Arab Emirates

Authors: Fatma Kamkar; Layla Khawatmi; Aysha Arif; Hamed Hamed; Sahar T. Issa; Rami El Khatib; Aseel A. Takshe; Rashed M. Karkain

Addresses: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates ' Sustainable Development Research and Training Institute, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: Anthropogenic and natural activities have led to a global phenomenon known as climate change, which evidence shows, is worsening. Climatic changes can sometimes be observed at a regional level by assessing certain indicators such as temperature, precipitation, and humidity. This study aims to explore climate indicators in the United Arab Emirates that play a possible role in climate change. To gain insight into the longer-term changes, we looked at regional changes by analysing trends of mean monthly temperature, maximum monthly temperature, minimum monthly temperature, mean monthly humidity, and rainfall quantities per year over the period of 2003 to 2019. The trend analysis showed an increasing trend in the maximum monthly temperature, minimum monthly temperature, mean monthly temperature, and mean monthly humidity, but a decreasing trend in rainfall quantities, which may suggest climate change at a regional level.

Keywords: climate change; global warming; temperature; precipitation; humidity; rainfall; greenhouse gas emissions; trends; mitigation; United Arab Emirates.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2022.121226

International Journal of Global Warming, 2022 Vol.26 No.3, pp.247 - 268

Received: 18 Mar 2021
Accepted: 21 May 2021
Published online: 01 Mar 2022 *

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