Implications of Climate Change on Water Resources in Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1959-1971

  Chowdhury, Shakhawat ^a   Al Zahrani, Muhammad ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agricultural water demands; Effects of climatic change; Evapotranspiration; Global warming; Water quality; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880723613     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-013-0565-6     Document Type: Article

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