Analysis of recent climatic changes in the Arabian Peninsula region

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 245-252

  Nasrallah, H A ^a   Balling Jr , R C ^b  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION;

MIDDLE EAST, ARABIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0030440160     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00871740     Document Type: Article

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