Geostatistical study of annual and seasonal mean rainfall patterns in southwest Saudi Arabia;Distribution géostatistique de la pluie moyenne annuelle et saisonnière dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Arabie Saoudite

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 803-817

  Subyani, Ali M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Kriging; Mapping; Precipitation; Saudi Arabia; Seasonality; Variogram

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DRY CLIMATE; RAINFALL ESTIMATION; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SHADOW AREAS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

ARID REGION; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 4944235449     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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