Meteorological drought analysis case study: Central Anatolia

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 14-23

  Bacanli, Ülker Güner ^a   Dikbaş, Fatih ^a   Baran, Türkay ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

De Martonne method; Drought; Erinc method; Palmer drought severity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952218066     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2105     Document Type: Article

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