Analysis of Turkish precipitation data: Homogeneity and the Southern Oscillation forcings on frequency distributions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3203-3210

  Karabörk, M Çaǧatay ^a   Kahya, Ercan ^b,c   Kömüşçü, Ali Ümran ^d  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^d State Meteorological Office   (Turkey)

Author keywords

El Nino; Homogeneity test; La Nina; Precipitation; Southern Oscillation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; STATISTICS;

EL NIÑA; EL NIÑO; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS;

CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 36148950678     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6524     Document Type: Article

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