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Article
Offshore wind potential and wind atlas over the Oman Maritime Zone
This study, focused on Oman, has been motivated by the electrical power demand increase, global warming concerns, and technological advances in renewable energy production. The main objective of the study was ...
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Article
Performance evaluation of HWRF model during post monsoon tropical cyclone Nilofar
An accurate tropical cyclone track and intensity forecast is very important for disaster management. Specialized numerical prediction models have been recently used to provide high-resolution temporal and spec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recent Observed Climate Change Over Oman
This study examined trends in temperature and precipitation parameters for the Sultanate of Oman in the period between 1980 and 2013. The data set has been carefully checked for the quality control for its hom...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Scenarios Based Climate Projection for Oman Water Resources
Oman is characterized by its arid climate. This is natural, in view of its location along the Tropic of Cancer, in a zone dominated by the subsident limbs of the Northern Hemisphere Hadley Cell circulation. Ho...
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Article
Wind resource assessment over Al Duqm industrial area in Oman
Al Duqm is an emerging industrial city in the southeastern coast of Oman. Due to its geographical location, wind energy can play an important role to energise the city and its surrounding area. Wind resource m...
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Article
Contribution of atmospheric processes to the degradation of air quality: case study (Sohar Industrial Area, Oman)
The impact of the air pollution generated by any industrial activities may be further aggravated if the location of the industrial area is exposed to certain atmospheric characteristics. Under such conditions,...
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Article
Impact of climate change on the wheat-growing season over Iran
The objective of this paper is to derive and analyze the present and future climate projections over the region of wheat production over Iran. In addition, the projected future climate fluctuation results will...
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Assessment of the impact of the meteorological meso-scale circulation on air quality in arid subtropical region
In this paper, COSMO numerical weather prediction model is used to simulate land-sea breeze circulation in the north coast of Oman and to analyze the variability of the PBL depth. Typical summer day 1st August...
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Integral assessment of air pollution dispersion regimes in the main industrialized and urban areas in Oman
This paper presents a rather complete picture of conditions of stagnation, recirculation and ventilation factors in the main industrialized and urban areas in Oman, developed along the coastal area. This study...
