Statistical analysis of first and last frost occurrences and length of frost free period during the past decades in different regions of Iran

6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics, ISEIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Varshavian, V ^a   Ghahreman, N ^a   Khalili, A ^a   Hajjam, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agrometeorological indices; Autumn frost; Frost free period; Minimum temperature; Spring frost

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGROMETEOROLOGICAL INDICES; AUTUMN FROST; FROST FREE PERIOD; ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; NON-PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SIGNIFICANCE TEST;

FROST EFFECTS;

EID: 84915748668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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