Impact of climate variability on precipitation in the Upper Euphrates-Tigris Rivers Basin of Southeast Turkey

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-38

  Yürekli, Kadri ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Euphrates Tigris basin; Mann Kendal test; Percent change; Precipitation trend analysis; Theil Sen Slope estimator

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLOBAL WARMING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EUPHRATES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PERCENT CHANGE; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THEIL-SEN SLOPE ESTIMATOR;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUPHRATES BASIN; TIGRIS BASIN;

EID: 84910630690     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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