Principal component analysis of precipitation in Thessaly region (central Greece)

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Stathis, D ^a   Myronidis, D ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Precipitation GIS; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Thessaly Central Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956437674     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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