Variability of growing season indices in northeast of Iran

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-494

  Bannayan, M ^a   Lakzian, A ^a   Gorbanzadeh, N ^a   Roshani, A ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

IRAN;

EID: 80052738662     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0404-1     Document Type: Article

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