Dead sea rate of evaporation

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 934-942

  Al Khlaifat, Abdelaziz L ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dead sea; Energy; Evaporation; Flux; Mass; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849104304     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2008.934.942     Document Type: Article

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