Spatial analysis of rainfall in southwest of Saudi Arabia using GIS

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-104

  Taher, Saud ^a   Alshaikh, Abdulmohsin ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031712633     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.1998.0006     Document Type: Article

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