Thunderstorm distribution and frequency in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-267

  Shwehdi, M H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Frequency of thunderstorms and database; Mapping and data validation; Meteorology and thunderstorm days; Saudi Arabia climatology; Spatial and temporal distributions of lightning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144493750     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/2/3/009     Document Type: Article

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