Structural characteristics of annual precipitation data in Jordan

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 201-212

  Dahamsheh, A ^a   Aksoy, H ^b  

^a Jordan Meteorological Department   (Jordan)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847377982     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-006-0247-3     Document Type: Article

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