Spatial Variation of Monthly Temperatures as an Indicator of Climatic Change in Iraq

Abstract

Climatic change is one of the most important topics at the world. Temperature plays a major role in detecting climate change. The aim’s study is determining the spatial and temporal variation of the temperature through the period of about 72 years (1941 - 2013). The researcher choose (Mosul, Baghdad, Basra) stations to represent all of Iraq area. The study adopted the analysis method, and then determines the trend of temperature. It turned out. Through, the study that the world temperature tends to increase, which turned out to that it is better to divide the study period into two stages. To illustrate the extent, of the existence of differences, it has been turned out there is an increase in temperature, but the increase in the first period (1941 - 1976). Was less than a second term (1977 - 2013), there are also increasing in temperatures less direction from southern Iraq to the north