An analysis of spatial and temporal dimension of drought vulnerability in Turkey using the standardized precipitation index

Natural Hazards

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-264

  Sönmez, F Kemal ^a   Kömüscü, Ali Ümran ^b   Erkan, Ayhan ^b   Turgu, Ertan ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Research and Data Processing Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Critical (threshold) rainfall; Drought; Drought vulnerability; SPI; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 23844536503     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-5704-7     Document Type: Article

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