Uncertainty analysis of humidity and precipitation changes using data from global climatic models with a case study

2006 IEEE EIC Climate Change Technology Conference, EICCCC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chaudhary, Junaid Rafi ^a   Husain, Tahir ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health; Middle East

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DESERT ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 41549155045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EICCCC.2006.277180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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