Hydrological assessment of some old dams in Saudi Arabia under the current climate, environmental conditions, and the use of the advanced technology
Amro Elfeki,
Ahmed Samy Kamis,
Kuswantoro Marko
Abstract:Dams were built in Saudi Arabia (SA) starting from the late fifties. The rainfall record at that time is rather short since the early rainfall records in the study area were in the mid-sixties. Therefore, due to the recent changes in climatic conditions worldwide and having longer rainfall records nowadays, it is very important to assess the existing dams under the current conditions. The assessment is based on some criteria: the length of the rainfall records, the rainfall storm hyetographs, storm duration, t… Show more
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