Urban-suburban/rural differences over Greater Cairo, Egypt

Atmosfera

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-171

  Robaa, S M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Relative humidity; Urban suburban rural atmospheres; Vapour pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750043064     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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