Climatic classification of Saudi Arabia: An application of factor-cluster analysis

GeoJournal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-84

  Ahmed, Badraddin Yusuf Mohammad ^a,b  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030619732     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006827322880     Document Type: Article

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