Potential impacts of climate change on agroclimatic indicators in Iran

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-259

  Koocheki, A ^a   Nasiri, M ^a   Kamali, G A ^a   Shahandeh, H ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth period; Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA); Principal component analysis (PCA); Rainfall; Temperature; United Kingdom Meteorological Organization (UKMO)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FREEZING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; WEATHER STATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745685612     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980600705768     Document Type: Article

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