Total fog and rainwater collection in the Dhofar region of the Sultanate of Oman during the monsoon season

Water International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-109

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

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^c Civil Aviation and Meteorology   (Oman)

Author keywords

Dhofar region; Fog collection; Oman; Rainwater; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649092340     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060903502984     Document Type: Article

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