Altitude dependent dew and fog in the Negev Desert, Israel

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Kidron, Giora J ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altitude; Dew; Fog; Negev Desert

Indexed keywords

DEW; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOG; ISRAEL; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION;

ALTITUDE; FOG; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0033618899     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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