Determination of monthly wet and dry periods in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-311

  Bazuhair, Abdulghaffak Said ^a   Al Gohani, Aboularaliq ^a   Sen, Zekai ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Double ingaridenie graph; Dry peroid; Monthly rainfall; Saudi Arabia; Wet period

Indexed keywords

MONTHLY RAINFALL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030667442     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(19970315)17:3<303::aid-joc126>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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