Exploring fog water harvesting potential and quality in the Asir region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1019-1036

  Gandhidasan, P ^a   Abualhamayel, H I ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asir region; Chemical analyses; Economic analysis; Experiments; Fog water collection; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Large fog collectors

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ASIR REGION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; FOG WATER; FRESH WATER; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; POPULATION PRESSURE; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINY SEASONS; TOURIST INDUSTRY; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER SOURCE; WATER YIELD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FOG;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOG; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIR; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84861181401     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0341-z     Document Type: Article

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