Precipitation Amount and Intensity Trends Across Southwest Saudi Arabia

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-82

  Furl, Chad ^a   Sharif, H O ^a   Alzahrani, Muhammad ^b   El Hassan, Almoutaz ^a   Mazari, Newfel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arid lands; Climate change; Precipitation; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895076914     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12118     Document Type: Article

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