The climate change implication on Jordan: A case study using GIS and Artificial Neural Networks for weather forecasting

Journal of Taibah University for Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 44-55

  Matouq, Mohammed ^a   El Hasan, Tayel ^b   Al Bilbisi, Hussam ^c   Abdelhadi, Monther ^d   Hindiyeh, Muna ^e   Eslamian, Saeid ^f   Duheisat, Salman ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^e Water Authority of Jordan   (Jordan)

^f ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid region; Artificial Neural Network (ANN); Climate change; GIS; Jordan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900814502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16583655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtusci.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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