Reconstruction (1689-1994 AD) of April-August precipitation in the southern part of central Turkey

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-548

  Akkemik, Ünal ^a   Aras, Aliye ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central Turkey; Dendroclimatology; Drought; Eastern Mediterranean; Pinus nigra; Precipitation; Reconstruction; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; OSCILLATIONS; PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

INSTRUMENTAL PRECIPITATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; RESIDUAL CHRONOLOGY; STANDARD DEVIATION (SD);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREE RING;

AGRICULTURE; METEOROLOGY; OSCILLATION; PINUS NIGRA; PLANNING; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 17144421587     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1145     Document Type: Article

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