Angle and aspect dependent dew and fog precipitation in the Negev desert

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 301, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 66-74

  Kidron, Giora J ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angle; Aspect; Dew; Fog; Negev Desert

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE PATTERNS; DEW; WINDWARD ASPECTS;

ARID REGIONS; FOG; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROCKS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ASPECT; DEW; FOG; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

EID: 10644284076     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.06.029     Document Type: Article

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