Spatial prediction model and its application to chemistry of atmospheric precipitation in Jordan

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-409

  Al Khashman, Omar Ali ^a   Tarawneh, Qassem Y ^b  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Jordan Meteorological Department   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acidity; Geostatistics; Jordan; Precipitation chemistry; Semivariogram; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; SEMIVARIOGRAM MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD REGIONAL DEPENDENCE FACTOR;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTIVITY; CORRELATION; GEOSTATISTICS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34248350448     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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