Spatiotemporal Analysis of Historical Droughts in the Central Anatolia, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorYildiz, Osman
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:44:30Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:44:30Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe spatiotemporal characteristics of meteorological droughts in the Central Anatolia, a semiarid region in Turkey, are determined utilizing the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) as a measure for drought severity. Using the temporal and spatial characteristics of monthly SPI, drought intensity-areal extent-frequency curves for various return periods are constructed for the region, and then the spatiotemporal characteristics of selected historical droughts are evaluated. The results indicate that the region is usually under the influence of droughts with low return periods, in other words, high frequency droughts during the study period (from 1953 to 2004). However, the areal extent of drought may be significant because of its negative impact on the water resources in the region. The overall evaluation of study results reveal that this method can provide useful information for spatial and temporal variations of droughts and can be utilized for water resources management in this region.
dc.description.sponsorshipKirikkale University Scientific Projects Unit [BAP 2008/53]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research is funded by the Kirikkale University Scientific Projects Unit with project number BAP 2008/53. The author wishes to thank the university administration for its financial support.
dc.identifier.endpage1184
dc.identifier.issn2147-1762
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage1177
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/25474
dc.identifier.volume27
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000421177200019
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGazi Univ
dc.relation.ispartofGazi University Journal of Science
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectDrought; frequency curve; semi-arid region; SPI; the Central Anatolian Region; Turkey
dc.titleSpatiotemporal Analysis of Historical Droughts in the Central Anatolia, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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