Spatiotemporal trends of aridity index in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 149-160

  Shifteh Some'e, B ^a   Ezani, Azadeh ^a   Tabari, Hossein ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; SEASON; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84871938303     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0650-x     Document Type: Article

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