Drought analysis in Antakya-Kahramanmaraş Graben, Turkey

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 741-754

  Karabulut, Murat ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antakya; climate variability; drought; Kahramanmara ; standardized precipitation index; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941084666     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-015-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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