Trends in observed extreme climate indices in Saudi Arabia during 1979-2008

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1561-1574

  Athar, H ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ETCCDI extreme climate indices; Mann Kendall test and Sen's slope; Observed daily temperature and precipitation datasets; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

COLD TEMPERATURES; DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGES; DAILY TEMPERATURES; EXTREME CLIMATES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SAUDI ARABIA; WARM TEMPERATURES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84897916938     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3783     Document Type: Article

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