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Article: Link between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 24, 1996
CopyrightCopyright 1996 Xinhua English Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of surface water in the
eastern equatorial Pacific, now appears that its effects reach as far
as the Middle East, according to a report of Weizmann Institute of
Science, based in Rehovot near Tel Aviv, today.
The report said that El Nino, which has been notorious for the
devastation it often inflicts on South America, may actually be
positive.
By studying tree rings, satellite cloud images and rain water, an
Israel research team led by Dr. Dan Yakir of the Weizmann Institute
has discovered a striking correlation between El Nino and rainfall in
central Israel over the past 20 years. Their results, which may
prove valuable in predicting rainfall, are ...