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• TITLE: Analysis of Temperature Trends and Variations in the Arabian Peninsula’s Upper Atmosphere

  AUTHORS: Abdullrahman H. Maghrabi

  KEYWORDS: Upper-Air Temperature Variability, Long-Term Trend, Arabian Peninsula, Climate Change, Mann-Kendell

  JOURNAL NAME: Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, Vol.14 No.1, January 15, 2024

  ABSTRACT: In this study, the trends of upper-air temperatures are analysed by utilising radiosonde observations for the barometric levels at 700, 500, 300, 200, 150, 100 and 50 hPa from five meteorological stations within the Arabian Peninsula from January 1986 to August 2015. The mean monthly variations of the temperatures at these levels are characterised and established. The magnitudes of the annual trends of the mean temperatures for each site for the selected barometric levels are studied and statistically tested using Mann-Kendall rank statistics at different significance levels. The temperature trends at different pressure levels show that the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere are warming, while the middle troposphere is cooling which is consistent with the findings of other studies. The variations in upper air temperature observed in this study can be attributed to a range of factors, including increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, changes in atmospheric circulation patterns, variations in solar activity, aerosols and volcanic eruptions, and land use and land cover change.