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2020-04-14 19:06
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran climate: wet spell or still short of rain?
TEHRAN – While some experts claim that Iran has entered a period of the wet spell after experiencing dry spells over the past few decades, some others highly reject the claim implying that the country faced a lack of rain by 50mm over the past 5 decades.
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2019-05-04 08:27
Increased precipitations predicted for next two decades in Iran
TEHRAN — It seems that over the next one to two decades the number of years with above-normal precipitations will increase, eminent meteorology professor Hossein Ardakani has said.
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2019-04-22 01:10
‘Projecting 100 years of wet spell unscientific’
TEHRAN — Projecting the start of 100 years of wet spell in Iran is scientifically inaccurate, former director of the Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center has said.
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2019-02-01 22:29
97% of Iran affected by long-term drought: expert
TEHRAN — Based on the dada collected over the past decade approximately 97 percent of the country is affected by long-term drought, director of the national drought warning and monitoring center, Sadeq Ziaeian, has said.
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2019/01/29
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
The generous sky has opened; is the dry spell over in Iran?
TEHRAN — Since the beginning of autumn Iran has seen a great increase in precipitation amounts but endless speculations are running rampant as to whether the dry spell is over in the country or not.
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2019-01-08 09:52
Expert predicts Iran to meet period of wet spells
TEHRAN – Statistics show that Iran’s weather patterns are changing toward entering a period of consecutive rainy days, but given the country’s climate characteristic constantly experiencing intense wet and dry spells, it is necessary to prevent high water consumption, faculty member of the Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands has said.
