Clustering current climate regions of Turkey by using a multivariate statistical method

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 95-106

  Iyigun, Cem ^a   Türkeş, Murat ^b   Batmaz, Inci ^a   Yozgatligil, Ceylan ^a   Purutçuoǧlu, Vilda ^a   Koç, Elçin Kartal ^a   Öztürk, Muhammed Z ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANATOLIA; BLACK SEA COAST [TURKEY]; MARMARA [TURKEY]; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84884597162     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0823-7     Document Type: Article

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