Fog water harvesting: Quality of fog water collected for domestic and agricultural use

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 446-456

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a   Al Hinai, Hilal ^a   Al Najar, Khalid A ^b   Al Kalbani, Mohammed S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Civil Aviation and Meteorology   (Oman)

Author keywords

Al Khareef; Dhofar region; Fog collection; Meteorological parameters; Quality of fog water; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

DHOFAR REGION; FOG COLLECTION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY OF FOG WATER; SULTANATE OF OMAN;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILTERS; FOG;

AGRICULTURE;

ALUMINUM; FOG WATER; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; FILTER; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; OMAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WIND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; FILTERS; FOGGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247324677     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.06-0066     Document Type: Article

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