Development of temperatures in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 1947 to 2005

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-279

  Elagib, Nadir Ahmed ^a   Abdu, Anwar S Addin ^b  

^a SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY SEASON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WARMING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAHRAIN; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 77955093691     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0205-y     Document Type: Article

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