Seasonal variability of the observed and the projected daily temperatures in northern Saudi Arabia

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 333-344

  Athar, H ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DAILY TEMPERATURES; HISTORICAL PERIODS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; POSITIVE SHIFT; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84879153068     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0717-4     Document Type: Article

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