Estimation of rainfall distribution for the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia;Estimation de la distribution des précipitations de la région Sud-Ouest de l'Arabie saoudite

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 420-431

  Abo Monasar, A ^a   Al Zahrani, M A ^a  

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

Author keywords

co kriging; inverse distance weighted method; kriging; rainfall; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CO-KRIGING; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTED; KRIGING; MONTHLY AVERAGE RAINFALLS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER RESOURCE PLANNING;

RAIN;

FLOOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; KRIGING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84896732014     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.872788     Document Type: Article

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