Impact of Soil Temperature and Precipitation on Vegetation Cover Over Selected Stations in Iraq

IF 0.4 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI:10.3233/ajw240005

Wedyan G. Nassif, I. K. Al-Ataby, Osama T. Al-Taai, Zainab Abbood

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Abstract

Records of precipitation and soil temperature, two of the most significant climatic elements impacting vegetation cover, were gathered as annual and monthly data over a period of 20 years from the European Center for Long-term Numerical Weather Forecasts. The goal of this study was to ascertain the impact of plant cover on climatic variations. The study’s final findings revealed that Mosul station had the greatest value of vegetation at 0.24 and Basra station had the lowest value at 0.15. The Mosul station recorded the maximum amount of precipitation, 1400 mm in the northern and central parts during the winter, and the lowest amount, 8 mm, during the fall and summer months in the districts west of the Rutba station. Using the Pearson test, it was discovered that the relationship between vegetation cover and soil temperature is inverse, and this, in turn, plays a significant role in the lack of vegetation cover in the southern regions because of nature. The desert of the region, as well as the lack of precipitation and high temperatures, is responsible for the region’s lack of vegetation. The highest value reached by the soil temperature was in the year 2018 at the Basra station.

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伊拉克部分站点的土壤温度和降水量对植被覆盖的影响

降水量和土壤温度是影响植被覆盖的两个最重要的气候要素，欧洲长期数值天气预报中心收集了这两个要素 20 年来的年度和月度数据。这项研究的目的是确定植物覆盖对气候变化的影响。研究的最终结果显示，摩苏尔站的植被值最大，为 0.24，巴士拉站的植被值最小，为 0.15。摩苏尔站北部和中部地区冬季降水量最大，为 1400 毫米，鲁特巴站以西地区秋季和夏季降水量最小，为 8 毫米。通过皮尔逊检验发现，植被覆盖率与土壤温度之间存在反比关系，这也是南部地区植被覆盖率不足的重要原因。该地区的沙漠以及降水不足和气温偏高是造成该地区植被缺乏的原因。土壤温度的最高值出现在 2018 年的巴士拉站。

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Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： Asia, as a whole region, faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well as regional scale and these have to be tackled with a pan-Asian approach. However, the available literature on the subject is generally based on research done in Europe and North America. Therefore, there is an urgent and strong need for an Asian journal with its focus on the region and wherein the region specific problems are addressed in an intelligent manner. In Asia, besides water, there are several other issues related to environment, such as; global warming and its impact; intense land/use and shifting pattern of agriculture; issues related to fertilizer applications and pesticide residues in soil and water; and solid and liquid waste management particularly in industrial and urban areas. Asia is also a region with intense mining activities whereby serious environmental problems related to land/use, loss of top soil, water pollution and acid mine drainage are faced by various communities. Essentially, Asians are confronted with environmental problems on many fronts. Many pressing issues in the region interlink various aspects of environmental problems faced by population in this densely habited region in the world. Pollution is one such serious issue for many countries since there are many transnational water bodies that spread the pollutants across the entire region. Water, environment and pollution together constitute a three axial problem that all concerned people in the region would like to focus on.