Spatial variability of precipitation regimes over Turkey

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dc.authoridHannah, David/0000-0003-1714-1240
dc.contributor.authorSaris, Faize
dc.contributor.authorHannah, David M.
dc.contributor.authorEastwood, Warren J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:47:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:47:52Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractTurkish annual precipitation regimes are analysed to provide a large-scale perspective and redefine precipitation regions. Monthly total precipitation data are employed for 107 stations (1963-2002). Precipitation regime shape (seasonality) and magnitude (size) are classified using a novel multivariate methodology. Six shape and five magnitude classes are identified, which exhibit clear spatial structure. A composite (shape and magnitude) regime classification reveals dominant controls on spatial variability of precipitation. Intra-annual timing and magnitude of precipitation is highly variable due to seasonal shifts in Polar and sub-Tropical zones and physiographic factors. Nonetheless, the classification methodology is shown to be a powerful tool that identifies physically-interpretable precipitation regions: (1) coastal regimes for Marmara, coastal Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea; (2) transitional regimes in continental Aegean and Southeast Anatolia; and (3) inland regimes across Central and Eastern Anatolia. This research has practical implications for understanding water resources, which are under ever growing pressure in Turkey.
dc.description.sponsorshipHigher Education Council of Turkey
dc.description.sponsorshipThe precipitation data were provided from the Department of Geography, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey). F. Saris is supported by the Higher Education Council of Turkey. Kevin Burkhill and Anne Ankcorn (University of Birmingham) are thanked for cartographic assistance.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02626660903546142
dc.identifier.endpage249
dc.identifier.issn0262-6667
dc.identifier.issn2150-3435
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-78649745188
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage234
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02626660903546142
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25069
dc.identifier.volume55
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000278013000008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofHydrological Sciences Journal-Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiques
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectprecipitation climatology
dc.subjectrainfall
dc.subjectregimes
dc.subjectregionalization
dc.subjectclassification
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleSpatial variability of precipitation regimes over Turkey
dc.title.alternativeVariabilité spatiale des régimes de précipitation en Turquie
dc.typeArticle

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