Statistically-based regionalization of rainfall climates of Iran

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Modarres, Reza ^a   Sarhadi, Ali ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate region; Cluster analysis; Frequency distribution; Iran; L moments; Spatial analysis; Statistical analysis; Ward's method

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE REGIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; IRAN; L-MOMENTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WARD'S METHOD;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATIC REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; RAINFALL; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 78650627206     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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