Re-evaluation of trends in annual streamflows of Turkish rivers for the period 1968-2007

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2043-2050

  Topaloǧlu, Fatih ^a   Irvem, Ahmet ^b   Özfidaner, Mete ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Annual stream flows; Mann Kendall rank correlation test; Trend; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; STREAMFLOW; TESTING METHOD; TREND ANALYSIS;

TURKEY;

EID: 84866988984     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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