Rooftop dew, fog and rain collection in southwest Morocco and predictive dew modeling using neural networks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 448-449, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-72

  Lekouch, Imad ^a,b,c   Lekouch, Khalid ^a   Muselli, Marc ^c,d   Mongruel, Anne ^b   Kabbachi, Belkacem ^a   Beysens, Daniel ^b,c,e  

^a IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b ESPCI   (France)

^c International Organization for Dew Utilization   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Dew formation; Hydrometeorology; Radiative condenser; Water production

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; COASTAL SITES; DEW FORMATION; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; FOG EVENTS; FOG FORMATION; FOG WATER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MAJOR CITIES; MARINE AIR; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NEW MODEL; RAIN EVENTS; SUMMER MONTHS; WATER COLLECTION; WATER PRODUCTION; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FLOW; WIND SPEED; YIELD PREDICTION;

ARID REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

FOG;

ARID REGION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COASTAL ZONE; DEW; FOG; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; ROOF;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO;

EID: 84862024763     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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