The estimation of average areal rainfall by percentage weighting polygon method in Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 149-160

  Bayraktar, Hanefi ^a   Turalioglu, F Sezer ^c   Şen, Zekai ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Average areal rainfall; Percentage weighting polygon method; Southeastern Anatolia Region; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY;

AVERAGE AREA RAINFALL (AAR); PERCENTAGE WEIGHTING POLYGON (PWP); THIESSEN POLYGON PROCEDURE;

RAIN;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYGON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

ANATOLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 10644252547     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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