Assessing temporal and spatial characteristics of droughts in the Hirfanli dam basin, Turkey

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Yildiz, Osman ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drought; Frequency curve; Kriging; Return period; Semi arid region; SPI; The Hirfanli dotless dam basin; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349195857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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