Dr. Shahzada Adnan

Meteorologist
Pakistan Meteorological Department, Pakistan


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Meteorology from COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Area of Interest:

Social Sciences
Climate Change
Climate Change Adaptation
Climatology
Climate Change Adaptation

Selected Publications

  1. Gul, S., I. Hussain, M.Y. Shad, M. Faisal, A.M. Shoukry and S. Adnan, 2018. Nonparametric trend analysis of reference evapotranspiration for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Int. J. Global Warming, 14: 313-329.

  2. Durrani, I.H., S. Adnan, M. Ahmad, S.M. Khair and E. Kakar, 2018. Observed long-term climatic variability and its impacts on the ground water level of Quetta alluvial. Iran. J. Sci. Technol. Trans. A: Sci., 42: 589-600.
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  3. Durrani, I.H., S. Adnan and S.M. Aftab, 2018. Historical and future climatological drought projections over Quetta valley, Balochistan, Pakistan. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng., Vol. 414. 10.1088/1757-899X/414/1/012043.
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  4. Ahmed, R., M. Latif, S. Adnan and M.K. Abuzar, 2018. Thunderstorm frequency distribution and associated convective mechanisms over Pakistan. Theor. Applied Climatol. 10.1007/s00704-018-2619-x.
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  5. Adnan, S., K. Ullah, L. Shuanglin, S. Gao, A.H. Khan and R. Mahmood, 2018. Comparison of various drought indices to monitor drought status in Pakistan. Climate Dynamics, 51: 1885-1899.
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  6. Adnan, S., K. Ullah, S. Gao, A.H. Khosa and Z. Wang, 2017. Shifting of agro‐climatic zones, their drought vulnerability and precipitation and temperature trends in Pakistan. Int. J. Climatol., 37: 529-543.
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  7. Adnan, S., K. Ullah, A.H. Khan and S. Gao, 2017. Meteorological impacts on evapotranspiration in different climatic zones of Pakistan. J. Arid Land, 9: 938-952.
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  8. Adnan, S., K. Ullah and G. Shouting, 2016. Investigations into precipitation and drought climatologies in South Central Asia with special focus on Pakistan over the period 1951-2010. J. Climate, 29: 6019-6035.
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  9. Adnan, S., K. Ullah and S. Gao, 2015. Characterization of drought and its assessment over Sindh, Pakistan during 1951-2010. J. Meteorol. Res., 29: 837-857.
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  10. Haider, S. and S. Adnan, 2014. Classification and assessment of aridity over Pakistan provinces (1960-2009). Int. J. Environ., 3: 24-35.
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  11. Hanif, M., A.H. Khan and S. Adnan, 2013. Latitudinal precipitation characteristics and trends in Pakistan. J. Hydrol., 492: 266-272.
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  12. Adnan, S., A.H. Khan, S. Haider and R. Mahmood, 2012. Solar energy potential in Pakistan. J. Renew. Sustain. Energy, Vol. 4. 10.1063/1.4712051.
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  13. Jaafar, M.Z., A.H. Khan, S. Adnan, A. Markwitz, N. Siddique, S. Waheed and R.G. Brereton, 2011. Multiblock analysis of environmental measurements: A case study of using proton induced x-ray emission and meteorology dataset obtained from Islamabad Pakistan. Chemometrics Intell. Lab. Syst., 107: 31-43.
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  14. Adnan, S., R. Mahmood and A.H. Khan, 2009. Water balance conditions in rainfed areas of Potohar and Balochistan plateau during 1931-08. World Applied Sci. J., 7: 162-169.

  15. Adnan, S. and A.H. Khan, 2009. Effective rainfall for irrigated agriculture plains of Pakistan. Pak. J. Meteorol., 6: 61-72.
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