Change in Wind Trends from Southern Sectors in Iraq

Abstract

The prevailing climatic characteristics are influenced by surface wind characteristics. They control the properties of heat, humidity and dryness of the region, and contribute to the transfer of continental and marine properties. Surface wind characteristics were not isolated from climatic changes in climate elements, their properties were subject to change and modification, and their changing characteristics had implications and impacts on general climatic characteristics.The aim of the study is to study the general trend of wind frequencies from the southern sectors (south, south-east and south-west) for 31-32 years and for eight air monitoring stations in Iraq. The wind blowing from the three southern sectors of wind types in Iraq, It controls certain climatic characteristics such as temperature, air humidity, dryness and dust phenomena, as well as their importance in the occurrence of certain environmental and agricultural phenomena. Therefore, the study of the change in the trends of these winds in the study gives new explanations for changes in the characteristics of the climate of Iraq, through the findings of this study and the changes in wind trends from the three southern sectors.The rate of change of the southeast wind was between (-0.16%) in Diwaniya station and (1.16%) in Kirkuk station, while the rate of change of the south wind was between (-0.07%) in Alrutba station and (1.37%) in Mosul station, The change of the southwestern wind reached (2.55%) in Nasiriyah station and (0.00%) in the Baghdad and Basrah stations.