Temporal changes in the Euphrates and Tigris discharges and teleconnections

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sen, O L ^a   Unal, A ^a   Bozkurt, D ^a   Kindap, T ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

center time; hydroclimatology; NCP; streamflow; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960329630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/2/024012     Document Type: Review

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