The life cycle of extreme rainfall events over western Saudi Arabia simulated by a regional climate model: Case study of November 1996

Atmosfera

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-41

  Almazroui, M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Life cycle; Rainfall event; Regional climate model (RCM); Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84857325330     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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