Dry spell trend analysis of Isfahan Province, Iran

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1430-1438

  Nasri, M ^a   Modarres, R ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dry spell; Mann Kendall; Sequential Mann Kendall; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ANNUAL MAXIMA; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS; DRY SPELL; DRY SPELLS; MANN-KENDALL; MANN-KENDALL TEST; RAIN GAUGES; SEQUENTIAL MANN-KENDALL; TREND ANALYSIS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; UPWARD TREND;

ARID REGIONS; CURING; DROUGHT; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRY SEASON; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69849109213     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1805     Document Type: Article

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