Pirincipal component analysis of the annual precipitation of west black sea hydrological basin in Turkey

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 5 A, 2009, Pages 776-782

  Özölçer, Ismail Hakki ^a   Aydm, Hamit ^a   Aksoy, Berna ^a   Kömürcü, Muratíhsan ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black sea hydrological basin; Precipitation; Principal component analysis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; OCEAN BASIN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONALIZATION; WEATHER STATION;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 67949094547     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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