Trends in drought patterns of Turkey

• 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

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.