Spatio-temporal precipitation change assessments over Turkey

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1310-1325

  Toros, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mann Kendall; Mediterranean; Precipitation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE IMPACTS; MANN-KENDALL; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; RANK CORRELATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREND TESTS; TURKEY; WINTER SEASONS;

ARID REGIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HOMOGENEITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 84863616533     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2353     Document Type: Article

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