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  1. Forest expansion and irrigated agriculture reinforce low river flows in southern Europe during dry years

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  2. Assessment of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Paris under different circulation weather types

    Article • July 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  3. Dynamical Downscaling Simulation of Asian Climate with a Bias-Corrected CMIP6 Dataset: Evaluation 

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  4. The expansion of forests and the practice of irrigated agriculture contribute to reduced river flows in southern Europe during dry years

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  5. Modes of summertime thermal urban stress over major cities in the Middle East: A comprehensive assessment of heat exposure risks

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  6. Assessing Future Precipitation Patterns, Extremes and Variability in Major Nile Basin Cities: An Ensemble Approach with CORDEX CORE Regional Climate Models

    Article • Climate, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  7. Echoes of the Past: Unveiling the Kharga Oasis’ Cultural Heritage and Climate Vulnerability through Millennia

    Article • Heritage, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  8. Drought characteristics in Mediterranean under future climate change

    Article • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  9. Long‐term observed changes of air temperature, relative humidity and vapour pressure deficit in Bolivia, 1950–2019

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  10. Land use and sexual harassment: A geospatial analysis based on the volunteer HarassMap‐Egypt

    Article • Geographical Research, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  11. Influence of the interannual variability of meteorological drought on the cross-interactions of ecological and hydrological drought in the central Spanish Pyrenees

    Article • GeoFocus Revista Internacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Información Geográfica, July 2023, Buletin Asociacion Geografos Espanoles

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  12. Assessment of daily and monthly precipitation record data over the Fiji Islands for the period 1905-202

    Article • July 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  13. Long-term temperature, relative humidity and vapor pressure deficit trends in Bolivia

    Article • July 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  14. Temporal Variability of Particulate Matter and Black Carbon Concentrations over Greater Cairo and Its Atmospheric Drivers

    Article • Climate, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  15. Biochar as a Soil Amendment for Restraining Greenhouse Gases Emission and Improving Soil Carbon Sink: Current Situation and Ways Forward

    Article • Sustainability, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  16. Assessment of Carbon Productivity Trends and Their Resilience to Drought Disturbances in the Middle East Based on Multi-Decadal Space-Based Datasets

    Article • Remote Sensing, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy, Dr. Karam Alsafadi

  17. Morphometric, Meteorological, and Hydrologic Characteristics Integration for Rainwater Harvesting Potential Assessment in Southeast Beni Suef (Egypt)

    Article • Sustainability, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  18. The Complex and Spatially Diverse Patterns of Hydrological Droughts Across Europe

    Article • Water Resources Research, April 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy, Professor Richard P Allan

  19. The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on surface urban heat island changes and air-quality improvements across 21 major cities in the Middle East

    Article • Environmental Pollution, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  20. The potential of using climate indices as powerful tools to explain mortality anomalies: An application to mainland Spain

    Article • Environmental Research, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  21. Evidence for intensification of meteorological droughts in Oman over the past four decades

    Article • Atmospheric Research, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  22. Exploring the potential of solar, tidal, and wind energy resources in Oman using an integrated climatic-socioeconomic approach

    Article • Renewable Energy, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  23. Nocturnal Surface Urban Heat Island over Greater Cairo: Spatial Morphology, Temporal Trends and Links to Land-Atmosphere Influences

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  24. Space and time variability of meteorological drought in Syria

    Article • Acta Geophysica, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy, Dr. Karam Alsafadi

  25. Assessment of the coastal vulnerability to sea level rise: Sultanate of Oman

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  26. Long‐term variability and trends in meteorological droughts in Western Europe (1851–2018)

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy, Dr, Prof Dario Camuffo

  27. Long-term precipitation in Southwestern Europe reveals no clear trend attributable to anthropogenic forcing

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, June 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  28. Maximum and minimum air temperature lapse rates in the Andean region of Ecuador and Peru

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  29. Extrapolation of daily air temperatures of Egypt from MODIS LST data

    Article • Geocarto International, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  30. Linking tree-ring growth and satellite-derived gross primary growth in multiple forest biomes. Temporal-scale matters

    Article • Ecological Indicators, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  31. Vegetation greening in Spain detected from long term data (1981–2015)

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  32. An Assessment of the Accuracy of MODIS Land Surface Temperature over Egypt Using Ground-Based Measurements

    Article • Remote Sensing, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  33. Global characterization of hydrological and meteorological droughts under future climate change: The importance of time‐scales, vegetation‐CO 2 feedbacks and changes to distribution functions

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  34. Daily temperature extremes over Egypt: Spatial patterns, temporal trends, and driving forces

    Article • Atmospheric Research, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  35. Twelve Years of Daily Weather Descriptions in North America in the Eighteenth Century (Mexico City, 1775–86)

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, August 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  36. A high-resolution spatial assessment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, June 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  37. High spatial resolution climatology of drought events for Spain: 1961–2014

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  38. High-spatial-resolution probability maps of drought duration and magnitude across Spain

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, March 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  39. Spatial assessment of the performance of multiple high‐resolution satellite‐based precipitation data sets over the Middle East

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, January 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  40. Complex influences of meteorological drought time-scales on hydrological droughts in natural basins of the contiguous Unites States

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  41. Response of crop yield to different time-scales of drought in the United States: Spatio-temporal patterns and climatic and environmental drivers

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  42. A high-resolution spatial ass essment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, November 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  43. A high-resolution spatial ass essment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015

    Article • November 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  44. High-spatial resolution probability maps of drought duration and magnitude across Spain

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, November 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  45. High-spatial resolution probability maps of drought duration and magnitude across Spain

    Article • November 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  46. New documentary evidence of the Tungurahua eruption on April 23, 1773, Ecuador

    Article • Natural Hazards, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  47. Drought Sensitiveness on Forest Growth in Peninsular Spain and the Balearic Islands

    Article • Forests, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  48. Mapping seasonal and annual extreme precipitation over the Peruvian Andes

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  49. Assessing different barley growth habits under Egyptian conditions for enhancing resilience to climate change

    Article • Field Crops Research, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  50. Global Assessment of the Standardized Evapotranspiration Deficit Index (SEDI) for Drought Analysis and Monitoring

    Article • Journal of Climate, July 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  51. Trends in LST over the peninsular Spain as derived from the AVHRR imagery data

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  52. Recent changes of relative humidity: regional connections with land and ocean processes

    Article • Earth System Dynamics, June 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  53. Identification of Tropical-Extratropical Interactions and Extreme Precipitation Events in the Middle East Based On Potential Vorticity and Moisture Transport

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  54. Extreme hydrological events and the influence of reservoirs in a highly regulated river basin of northeastern Spain

    Article • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  55. A comparison of temporal variability of observed and model-based pan evaporation over Uruguay (1973-2014)

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  56. Recent changes in monthly surface air temperature over Peru, 1964-2014

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  57. Recent changes of relative humidity: regional connection with land and ocean processes

    Article • Earth System Dynamics Discussions, May 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  58. Recent changes of relative humidity: regional connection with land and ocean processes

    Article • May 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  59. An updated review on recent trends in observational surface atmospheric variables and their extremes over Spain

    Article • Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, January 2017, Universidad de la Rioja

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  60. Diverse relationships between forest growth and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index at a global scale

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  61. Monitoring winter wheat drought threat in Northern China using multiple climate-based drought indices and soil moisture during 2000–2013

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  62. Recent changes and drivers of the atmospheric evaporative demand in the Canary Islands

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, August 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  63. Future projections of synoptic weather types over the Arabian Peninsula during the twenty-first century using an ensemble of CMIP5 models

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  64. Changes in the frequency and severity of hydrological droughts over Ethiopia from 1960 to 2013

    Article • Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, June 2016, Universidad de la Rioja

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  65. Recent changes in continentality and aridity conditions over the Middle East and North Africa region, and their association with circulation patterns

    Article • Climate Research, May 2016, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  66. The complex influence of ENSO on droughts in Ecuador

    Article • Climate Dynamics, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  67. Recent changes and drivers of the atmospheric evaporative demand in the Canary Islands

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, March 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  68. Evaluation of the TMPA-3B42 precipitation product using a high-density rain gauge network over complex terrain in northeastern Iberia

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  69. A multi-decadal assessment of the performance of gauge- and model-based rainfall products over Saudi Arabia: climatology, anomalies and trends

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  70. Drought Variability and Land Degradation in Semiarid Regions: Assessment Using Remote Sensing Data and Drought Indices (1982–2011)

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  71. Atmospheric evaporative demand observations, estimates and driving factors in Spain (1961–2011)

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  72. G-Protein-Coupled Chemokine Receptor Gene in Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Isolates from Cattle and Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Egypt

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  73. Daily temperature changes and variability in ENSEMBLES regional models predictions: Evaluation and intercomparison for the Ebro Valley (NE Iberia)

    Article • Atmospheric Research, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  74. Average monthly and annual climate maps for Bolivia

    Article • Journal of Maps, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  75. Multi-decadal classification of synoptic weather types, observed trends and links to rainfall characteristics over Saudi Arabia

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, September 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  76. Observed trends and future projections for winter warm events in the Ebro basin, northeast Iberian Peninsula

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  77. Anomalously severe cold nights and warm days in northeastern Spain: their spatial variability, driving forces and future projections

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  78. Summer temperature extremes in northeastern Spain: spatial regionalization and links to atmospheric circulation (1960–2006)

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  79. Challenges for drought mitigation in Africa: The potential use of geospatial data and drought information systems

    Article • Applied Geography, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  80. Trend and variability of surface air temperature in northeastern Spain (1920–2006): Linkage to atmospheric circulation

    Article • Atmospheric Research, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  81. An assessment of the role of homogenization protocol in the performance of daily temperature series and trends: application to northeastern Spain

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  82. Recent trends in daily temperature extremes over northeastern Spain (1960–2006)

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, September 2011, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  83. Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on combined temperature and precipitation winter modes in the Mediterranean mountains: Observed relationships and projections for the 21st century

    Article • Global and Planetary Change, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  84. Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Identification in Different Tissues of Naturally Infected Cattle and Chorioallantoic Membrane of Emberyonated Chicken Eggs Using Immunofluorescence, Immunoperoxidase Techniques and Polymerase Chain Reaction

    Article • International Journal of Virology, April 2011, Science Alert

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  85. Extreme winter precipitation in the Iberian Peninsula in 2010: anomalies, driving mechanisms and future projections

    Article • Climate Research, February 2011, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy, Margarida L. R. Liberato

  86. Influence of Winter North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAO) on Climate and Snow Accumulation in the Mediterranean Mountains

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  87. The NAO Impact on Droughts in the Mediterranean Region

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  88. Sequence analysis of attachment gene of lumpy skin disease and sheep poxviruses

    Article • Virologica Sinica, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  89. Assessing trends in extreme precipitation events intensity and magnitude using non-stationary peaks-over-threshold analysis: a case study in northeast Spain from 1930 to 2006

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  90. A New Global 0.5° Gridded Dataset (1901–2006) of a Multiscalar Drought Index: Comparison with Current Drought Index Datasets Based on the Palmer Drought Severity Index

    Article • Journal of Hydrometeorology, August 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  91. Climatological modeling of monthly air temperature and precipitation in Egypt through GIS techniques

    Article • Climate Research, July 2010, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  92. Differential Sensitivity of Well-Differentiated Avian Respiratory Epithelial Cells to Infection by Different Strains of Infectious Bronchitis Virus

    Article • Journal of Virology, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  93. Daily atmospheric circulation events and extreme precipitation risk in northeast Spain: Role of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Western Mediterranean Oscillation, and the Mediterranean Oscillation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  94. Comparative analysis of the sialic acid binding activity and the tropism for the respiratory epithelium of four different strains of avian infectious bronchitis virus

    Article • Avian Pathology, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  95. Temperature trends in Libya over the second half of the 20th century

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy

  96. Trends in daily precipitation on the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, 1955-2006

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Ahmed El Kenawy