Trends in drought patterns of Turkey

Trends in annual and seasonal drought patterns in Turkey were investigated on the basis of regionally averaged surface humidity index (SHI) series. For this purpose, two nonparametric approaches, Mann-Kendall test and Sen's T test, were used. For some regions, significant upward trends in fall...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science
Main Author: Karabörk M.Ç.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: ICE Publishing 2007
Subjects:
Drought
Mann-Kendall test
North Atlantic Oscillation
Sen's T test
Trend
Turkey
Canada
Kendall
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12438/6153
https://doi.org/10.1139/S06-034
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Summary:Trends in annual and seasonal drought patterns in Turkey were investigated on the basis of regionally averaged surface humidity index (SHI) series. For this purpose, two nonparametric approaches, Mann-Kendall test and Sen's T test, were used. For some regions, significant upward trends in fall SHI series were detected due to the increasing precipitation for the period 1951-1998. The North Atlantic Oscillation influences on the SHI series were also investigated and significant negative correlations were found for some regions. © 2007 NRC Canada.

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