This study presents the first comprehensive evaluation of the performance of three globally high‐resolution remotely sensed products in replicating the main characteristics of rainfall over the Middle East, with special emphasis on extreme wet events. Specifically, we employed daily observational data from a network of rain gauges ( N = 217), spanning the retrospective period 1998–2013 and covering six countries in the Middle...

Rapid urbanization and industrialization over Greater Cairo Region ( GCR ), Egypt, have resulted in sharp land cover changes. Urban change not only impacts on land cover but also on urban climate. Detailed studies on the effect of urbanization and industrialization processes on climatic elements in GCR have been performed in this study. Five different districts were selected to represent rural, suburban, urban and industrial a...

The clo index values for different wear have been estimated for daytime and nighttime for different months of the year in order to investigate human climates in Egypt. The clo values may also be used as a good guide to gauge the thermal human comfort under different atmospheric conditions and also express the resistance to heat transfer by clothing, and are expressed relative to the units of thermal insulation. A complete set...