EVALUATION OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND BIOCLIMATIC POTENTIAL OF IRAQ IN THE MODERN PERIOD WITH REANALYSIS DATA
The paper provides a brief description of the climatic conditions of Iraq according to the daily data of an ERA-Interim reanalysis with the resolution of 0.75°x0.75°. Spatiotemporal distribution of average monthly values of air temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and cloudiness is considered. According to the calculated coefficients of a linear trend slope for ranks of temperature and relative humidity of air, the conclusion is drawn about increasing dryness of climate in the region. The bioclimate of Iraq is described by means of a number of biometeorological indexes, which has allowed us to estimate the probability of comfortable (uncomfortable) weather: comfortable weather conditions for human habitation are created during the cold period, while during the summer period these conditions are characterized as uncomfortable. The probability of considerable interdaily fluctuations of air temperature and atmospheric pressure is estimated.