Figure 1
From: Recent and projected changes in climate patterns in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
Linear regression of observational datasets: (a) Intercept (solid purple contours; kg m−2) and trend (shading; kg m−2 year−1) of daily-mean precipitable water as given by the MIMIC-TPW2 dataset from 01 October 2016 to 31 December 2022 for the boreal summer (JJA) and winter (DJF) seasons. Regions where the trend is not statistically significant at 95% confidence level are shaded in grey. The intercept and slope are obtained with the Theil-Sen estimator while the Mann–Kendall test is used for statistical significance. (b–d) are as (a) but for the daily-mean cloud cover from CLARA (units of % and % year−1, respectively) from 01 January 1982 to 31 December 2021, and the daily-mean surface downward short-wave and long-wave radiation flux (units of W m−2 and W m−2 year−1) from CERES for 01 March 2000 to 31 December 2022, respectively.
