Analysis of evapotranspiration variability and trends in the Arabian Peninsula

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 535-547

  ElNesr, Mohammad N ^a   Alazba, Abdulrahman ^a   Abu Zreig, Majed ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Arid lands; Climate variability; Evapotranspiration variability; Saudi Arabia; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; SLOPE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WEATHER STATION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79960249369     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2010.535.547     Document Type: Article

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