Influence of geopotential heights, cyclone frequency and Southern Oscillation on rainfall variations in Turkey

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 649-680

  Türkeş, Murat ^a,b  

^a Department of Research ^*  (Turkey)

^b Turkish State Meteorological Service   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 0031854321     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199805)18:6<649::AID-JOC269>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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