Rainfall amount in Saudi Arabia and a technique to increase the rainfall by cloud seeding

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1C, 1998, Pages 101-119

  Aksakal, Ahmet ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cloud and weather modification; Cloud seeding; Meteorology

Indexed keywords

EID: 20044378504     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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