Analysis of observed variability and trends in numbers of frost days in Turkey for the period 1950-2010

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Türkeş M., Erlat E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Mann-Kendall test; Minimum air temperature; Number of frost days; Cramer's t k test; Climate change and variability; Turkey; Arctic; Kendall; Climate change; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11454/18409; https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.2403

This study examines the climatology of annual frost days, and analyses the size and behaviour of the long-term variability and trends in annual numbers of frost day at the 72 stations over Turkey from 1950 to 2010. The main results are summarized as follows: (1) The annual number of frost days has e...