High resolution climatic surfaces of Nallihan ecosystem in Turkey: A convenient methodology to create climate maps

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 654-662

  Dogan, Hakan Mete ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climate maps; FAO; GIS; LOCCLIM; Nall han

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

CLIMATE MAPS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTED; LOCCLIM; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGRESSION EQUATION; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 34249795783     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.654.662     Document Type: Article

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