Analysis of spatially distributed annual, seasonal and monthly temperatures in Istanbul from 1975 to 2006

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1662-1675

  Karaburun, Ahmet ^a   Demirci, Ali ^a   Kara, Fatih ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mann kendall; Temperature; Thiessen polygon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866150079     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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