The Impacts of NAO on the Hydrology of the Eastern Mediterranean

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-71

  Kahya, Ercan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climate; Eastern Mediterranean; Hydrology; Middle East; NAO

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052367469     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1372-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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