Determination of spatial variability of monthly rainfall in the Eastern Mediterranean Region using geostatistical techniques;Dogu akdeniz bolgesinde aylik yagislarin yersel degisimlerinin jeoistatistik yontemle incelenmesi

Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-288

  Çetin, Mahmut ^a   Tülücü, Kazim ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Areal rainfall; Geostatistics; Kriging; Monthly rainfall; Semivariogram parameters

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 17144464446     PISSN: 13000160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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