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Introduction
Dr. Cetin received his MSC and PhD degrees from Cukurova University, located in Adana, Turkey. He has been an active researcher at the Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, since 1997. He was appointed to the endowed professorship vacancy of the Department in 2006. He has been more than ever active in research and education since 2006. Hydrology, water resources, floods and droughts, salinity, drainage are major research interests.
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June 1997 - May 2016
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- Professor (Full)
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- Agricultural hydrology, water resources, environmental issues in irrigated agriculture; drainage, watertable management; groundwater hydrology, applied time series analysis, applied geostatistics, salinisation of soil and water resources
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Son yıllarda, farklı uzaktan algılama teknikleri ve yerinde doğrulama verileri kullanılarak havza düzeyinde buharlaşma ve gerçek buharlaşma-terlemenin tahmin edilmesine yönelik çalışmalar ile sıkça karşılaşılmaktadır. Bu yaklaşımlar, tuzlu ve tatlı su göllerinden buharlaşma oranlarını belirlemede ve su kütlelerinin izlenmesinde, klasik yöntemlere g...
ÖZET Büyük ölçekli sulama şebekelerinde, su kullanım etkinliğini artırmak için, gerçek evapotranspirasyon (ETa) değerlerinin bilinmesine ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Ayrıca, havza bazlı su bütçesinin hesaplanması, su bütçesi ögelerindeki değişimlerin anlaşılmasında, havzada su eksikliği ya da fazlalığı olup olmadığının ortaya konulmasında önemli olmaktad...
İklim değişikliği ve küresel ısınma, kuraklık risk yönetimi ile ilgili yapılacak planlama
çalışmalarında dikkate alınması gereken en önemli konular arasında yer almaktadır. Bu bağlamda; GAP Projesi sulama alanlarının yaklaşık %50’sine sahip olan, 19 366 km² yüzölçümüne sahip Şanlıurfa ilinde yürütülen çalışmada; Erinç Kuraklık İndeksi yöntem kullan...
Bu araştırmada, Adana meteoroloji istasyonu gözlemleri kullanılarak kurak ve yağışlı dönemlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada, 1970-2021 yılları arasındaki 52 yıllık yağış verileri kullanılarak Standartlaştırılmış Yağış İndeksi (SPI) yöntemi ile kuraklık analizi yapılmıştır. Bu bağlamda, yağış verilerinin olasılık dağılımı istatistiksel ola...
One of the most complex natural disasters is drought, which can spread over vast areas and has an impact on socioeconomic, biophysical, and other dimensions. With varied levels of annual water deficit, a sizable area of Turkey has a semi-arid, arid-semi-humid, or semi-humid climate. The climate of Turkey makes it particularly susceptible to drought...
This study aims to: a) determine trend behavior in the daily reerence evapotranspiration
(ETo) values rom 2000 to 2021 in an agricultural catchment
in the Lower Seyhan Plain, b) investigate the impact o using remote sensing
data in ETo calculations. Penman-Monteith method was applied or the
two scenarios: Daily data rom Adana Meteorological St...
Accurate estimations of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) are essential to various environmental issues. Artificial intelligence-based models are a promising alternative to the most common direct ETa estimation techniques and indirect methods by remote sensing (RS)-based surface energy balance models. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are proven to b...
Accurate estimations of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) are essential to various environmental issues. Artificial intelligence-based models are a promising alternative to the most common direct ETa estimation techniques and indirect methods by remote sensing (RS)-based surface energy balance models. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are proven to b...
Accurate estimations of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) are fundamental for various environmental issues. Artificial Intelligence-based models are considered a promising alternative to the most common direct ETa estimation techniques and indirect methods by remote sensing (RS)-based surface energy balance models. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) ar...
Actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is essential data in developing water budgets and calculating irrigation water requirements in large-scale irrigation schemes. Nowadays, remote sensing (RS)-based surface energy balance models help us estimate ETa with high resolution when compared to direct methods that focus only on a single point in a field. This...
This study addresses into the critical issue of drought as a natural disaster, especially in regions characterized by arid and semi-arid climates like Turkey. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the historical occurrences of meteorological drought events in Turkey, focusing on their past frequency, intensity, and spatial distribution. T...
This study aims to figure out the changes in extreme precipitation events and precipitation-induced maximum flows due to climate change in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The Spearman's rho test was applied to the annual maximum daily precipitation and daily flow data to examine the temporal variation. The test results were interpreted at t...
Agricultural drought threatens Türkiye's food security and economy, revealing a lack of multidimensional provincial vulnerability studies. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to evaluate Türkiye's vulnerability to drought utilizing a multidimensional strategy incorporating biophysical and socio-economic indicators. In this context, an...
Actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is essential data in developing water budgets and calculating irrigation water requirements in large-scale irrigation schemes. Nowadays, remote sensing (RS)-based surface energy balance models help us estimate ETa with high resolution when compared to direct methods that focus only on a single point in a field. This...
İklim değişikliği, kuraklık gidişinin alansal ve zamansal yayılımının izlenmesinde farklı yaklaşımları ortaya konarak analitik çözümlemeleri ihtiyaç haline getirmiştir. Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi (GAP) kapsamında; 19 242 km²’lik büyüklüğü ile sulama alanlarının %50’sine sahip Şanlıurfa’da yürütülen bu çalışmada, farklı yöntemler kullanılarak meteoro...
Identification of spatiotemporal tendencies of climate types may help water managers mitigate the negative impacts of droughts on water-demanding sectors. The primary objective of this study was to figure out the spatiotemporal tendencies of climatetypes in Sanliurfa province by using Erinc’s aridity index (EDI). To that end, long-term (1965-2018)...
Identification of spatiotemporal tendencies of climate types may help water managers mitigate the negative impacts of droughts on water-demanding sectors. The primary objective of this study was to figure out the spatiotemporal tendencies of climatetypes in Sanliurfa province by using Erinc's aridity index (EDI). To that end, long-term (1965-2018)...
Wind power is one of the thriving renewable energy technologies lately in the world. Therefore, the assessment of wind speed data is imperative for a specific site. This study focused on geostatistical modeling of wind speed distribution in Uganda. Wind speed data from 1981 to 2019, recorded at a height of 10 m above mean sea level was captured fro...
Mahmut Cetin, Omar Alsenjar, Hakan Aksu, Muhammet Said Golpinar & Mehmet Ali Akgul (2023) Comparing actual evapotranspiration estimations by METRIC to in-situ water balance measurements over an irrigated field in Turkey, Hydrological Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2198649
Estimating actual evapotranspiration (ETa) rates in large-scale irrigation schemes is of great importance to improve water use efficiency. Crop types can be determined by employing remote sensing techniques coupled with ground truth data. This study aimed to: (a) conduct a water balance study by making in-situ water balance measurements, (b) derive...
Estimating actual evapotranspiration (ETa) rates for different crop types grown in large irrigation schemes is of great importance to improve water use efficiency. To that end, crop types over large irrigation areas can be determined by employing remote sensing techniques coupled with ground truth data. This study aimed to: a) conduct a water balan...
Estimating actual evapotranspiration (ETa) rates for different crop types grown in large irrigation schemes is of great importance to improve water use efficiency. To that end, crop types over large irrigation areas can be determined by employing remote sensing techniques coupled with ground truth data. This study aimed to: a) conduct a water balan...
Actual evapotranspiration (ETa) estimates at regional and river basin scales can assist water authorities with water allocation decisions in agriculture and the ecosystem. Remote sensing is cutting-edge technology as well as a robust tool for generating spatiotemporal variation of energy balance components over large areas. The objectives of this s...
Estimation of crop water stress index (CWSI) and leaf area index (LAI) over large-irrigation schemes requires the use of cutting-edge technologies. Combinations of remote sensing techniques with ground-truth data have become available for use at the catchment level. These approaches allow us to estimate actual evapotranspiration and have the capabi...
In this study, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) were employed for drought characterization by using precipitation and temperature data series at a 3-month timescale. In addition, correlation coefficients between SPEI and SPI were calculated for twenty meteorological stations l...
Determination of cropping pattern is a very important factor in quantifying irrigation water requirements at a catchment scale. In this regard, remote sensing is a robust tool for generating spatial-temporal variation of crops. This study focuses on crop classification by using remotely sensed data coupled with ground truth data. Therefore, this st...
One of the most complex natural disasters is drought, which can spread over vast areas and has an impact on socioeconomic, biophysical, and other dimensions. With varied levels of annual water deficit, a sizable area of Turkey has a semi-arid, arid-semi-humid, or semihumid climate. The climate of Turkey makes it particularly susceptible to drought...
Özet: Yer gözlemleri ve uzaktan algılama teknikleri, son yıllarda sulama faaliyetlerinde yaygın olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu tekniklerle, gerçek evapotranspirasyonun tahmini ve gerçek zamanlı bitki su tüketiminin izlenmesi
mümkün olabilmektedir. Böylelikle uygulamacılar, daha hassas sulama planlaması yapabilmektedir. Bu çalışma, Türkiye’nin...
İklim değişimi ve değişkenliğinden ülkemizin de içerisinde yer aldığı Akdeniz havzasının önemli ölçüde etkilenmesi beklenmektedir. Son yıllarda deniz suyu sıcaklıklarında gözlenen belirgin artış eğilimi, özellikle denize yakın bölgelerin, yağış karakteristiğinde de bir değişim yaşanacağı değerlendirmelerini beraberinde getirmektedir. Bu değerlendir...
In this study, it was aimed at determining the seasonal variability in the sediment concentrations observed in an agricultural drainage basin. This research was carried out in an agricultural basin of 9 495 ha, located in the Cukurova region within the borders of Adana province, in Turkey. In order to determine the sediment concentrations, an autom...
Irrigation is the most important practice that guarantees high agricultural production in arid and semi-arid regions. Notwithstanding, various problems may arise in irrigation practices. These problems result from the imbalance among soil, plant and water relations. The fact that the farmers do not know how much water, when and which irrigation met...
Bu kitap bölümü, eksik yağış kayıtlarının farklı yöntemler kullanılarak tamamlanması ve bazı kıyaslamaların yapılması amacıyla hazırlanmıştır. İncelenen materyal ve yöntemler, hidroloji alanına yeni başlayanların anlayabileceği dilde, yalın ve ayrıntılı bir şekilde anlatılmaya çalışılmıştır. Önerilen metodoloji, örneklerle pekiştirilmeye çalışılmış...
Continuous and reliable meteorological data are required in catchment-based studies. However, missing observations in meteorological station records appear as a general problem. Therefore, in many cases, the missing observations in the precipitation series have to be completed before use. It is noteworthy that meteorological observations could not...
Determination of crop pattern is a very important factor in quantifying irrigation water requirements at a catchment scale. Remote sensing is a robust tool for generating spatial-temporal variation of crops. This study focuses on the classification of crop types by using remote sensing data based on ground truth data. Therefore, this study aimed at...
This study characterises the spatial and temporal behaviours of maximum precipitation over the Black Sea Region in northern Turkey. Maximum precipitation data of 14 standard durations changing from 5 min to 24 h were used from 21 meteorological stations in the region with record lengths ranging from 25 to 71 years. In line with the objective of the...
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Drainage are mostly provided with pumping in irrigation schemes located in the low-lying areas. When good quality irrigation water cannot be provided in those areas, irrigation return flows (IRFs) of inferior quality are used for irrigation and, in turn, some problems arise in the long run. This study was undertaken in Yemisli irrigation a...
Evaluation of Spati-Temporal Effects of Intense Irrigation Practices on Groundwater Quality and Depths: A Case Study in the Akarsu Irrigation District Area {Yoğun Sulama Uygulamalarının Taban Suyu Kalitesi ve Derinlikleri Üzerine Olan Zamansal ve Mekansal Etkilerinin Değerlendirilmesi: Akarsu Sulama Birliği Sahası Örneği}
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Groundwater is a precious source in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Potentiometric level data show a non-stationary behavior due to the trend component. Consequently, it renders difficult to delineate groundwater-surface, i.e., spatial estimation. The staple objectives of this study are three-fold: (1) to diagnose trend component...
Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) is a tool for irrigation scheduling and assessment of crop yield response to crop water stress. Therefore, estimating CWSI rates at the catchment level is of great importance in order to monitor the congruousness of irrigation water allocation, and estimate crop productivity. This study aims at generating fully distri...
COMPARISON OF SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN AN AGRICULTURAL BASIN AND DETERMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER DEPTH AND SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION
Abstract
Lately, climate change, industrialization and rapid increase in the human population
have increased the importance of studies on water management. Research results have shown that...
Groundwater is a precious source in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Potentiometric level data show a non-stationary behavior due to the trend component. Consequently, it renders difficult to delineate groundwater-surface, i.e., spatial estimation. The staple objectives of this study are three-fold: (1) to diagnose trend component in potent...
A methodology using the standardised precipitation index is proposed to develop critical drought intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves. We define dry periods within which we recognise droughts of different durations. The most severe drought for each drought duration in each year is called the critical drought. The total probability theorem-coup...
The changes in climate extremes have intrigued the scientists over the world for a long time. In this context, many studies have been conducted at different scales such as local, regional or global level. One of the major concerns with a potential change in climate is that an increase in extreme climate events of different duration will occur very...
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A methodology using the standardized precipitation index is proposed to develop critical drought intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves. We define dry periods within which we recognize droughts of different durations. The most severe drought for each drought duration in each year is called critical drought. The total probability theorem-coupled...
Bu araştırma, Türkiye’nin güneyinde, Aşağı Seyhan Ovası’nda yer alan düşük kota sahip Yemişli sulama sahasında yürütülmüştür. Araştırma alanındaki çiftçiler, sulamadan dönen düşük kaliteli drenaj sularını yüzey sulama yöntemleriyle kullanmaktadırlar. Araştırmada, sulamadan dönen düşük kaliteli suların sulamada kullanılmasının neden olabileceği muht...
Yoğun sulama uygulamalarının yapıldığı tarımsal havzalarda kimi sorunlar meydana gelebilmektedir. Sulama şebekesindeki ve sulama yönetimindeki eksiklikler, düşük sulama randımanı, ağır toprak bünyesi ve tarla içi drenaj sistemlerinin yetersizliği vb. nedenler topraklarda tuzlanma, drenaj ve taban suyu tuzluluğu sorunlarına neden olmaktadır. Anılan...
Evaluation of some groundwater quality parameters using geostatistics in the urban coastal aquifer of Bosaso plain, Somalia
Groundwater is a major drinking water resource in arid coastal regions. The groundwater quality of Bosaso city experienced degradation due to rapid urbanization and industrialization. This study was carried out to delineate...
Gölet hazne tasarımlarında, olasılıklı havza su verimleri kullanılmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında, kuraklığa eğilimli havzalarda gölet hazne tasarımlarında kullanılacak uygun olasılık düzeyinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Meteoroloji gözlem istasyonlarının yıllık toplam yağış serilerine, frekans analizi uygulanmıştır. İstasyonların %50, %80 ve %90 o...
The quality and quantity of water varies from place to place and time to time. Therefore, supply of fresh water is a limiting factor for irrigated agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, including Mediterranean region although irrigation and fertilizers are two of the major inputs of modern agriculture in the region. Pollution from...
In this research, it was aimed to create a model on monitoring and evaluation of irrigation schemes in large areas where several plant species and cultivars were grown in an irrigation season. In the study, the flow gauging stations (FGSs) were installed on drainage and irrigation canals to measure incoming and outgoing flows to evaluate irrigation...
Turkey is located in a semi-arid region. Due to topography, geological conditions, sea effect and the geographical position of the country, distribution of precipitation has shown temporal and spatial variability. Consequently, soil and water resources in the 25 river basins are not distributed evenly over the country. Therefore, irrigation is a pr...
Aims: Deficit irrigation might be a remedy to increase water use efficiency in water scarce areas albeit it may cause to: a) increase salt accumulation in the root-zone, b) decrease crop yield. Therefore, monitoring and assessment of salt accumulation in the root-zone is necessary in deficit irrigation practices. Primary objectives of this work wer...
Aims: The primary objective of this study was to figure out spatio-temporal tendencies of climate-types in Şanlıurfa town and its environs, located in the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) area, through using Erinç Drought Index method.
Methods and Results: Data sets consisting of long-term (1965-2018) annual total precipitation as well as aver...
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Overexploitation of groundwater (GW) resources leads to lowering of the water table and widespread shallow groundwater contamination, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions of the world. The region of Mahdia, located in the Sahel of Tunisia, is a semi-arid region characterized by its limited surface water and groundwater resources. Overex...
The quality and quantity of water varies from place to place and time to time. Therefore, supply of fresh water is a limiting factor for irrigated agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, including Mediterranean region although irrigation and fertilizers are two of the major inputs of modern agriculture in the region. Pollution from...
ÖZET: İklim değişikliği, düzensiz kentleşme vb. sebeplerden dolayı, taşkın olayları daha sık meydana gelmeye başlamıştır. Taşkınlar, şehirlerde altyapı ve üstyapılara tahrip etmekte, can kayıplarına yol açmakta; kırsal alanda ise, tarım arazilerinin sular altında kalmasına sebep olmaktadır. Düz ve düze yakın olan sulu tarım havzalarının drenajı, su...
Drought is a natural climatological phenomenon which can be defined as the water scarcity due to the temporary imbalance in water availability in a region. Basically, drought occurs when precipitation is less than normal values and it extends over time. Drought has a large scope and negative significant effects on many sectors. It is therefore impo...
ABSTRACT: Due to the effects of climate change, haphazard urbanization, and anthropogenic degradation of the environment to name but a few, flood events have recently begun to occur more frequently. Floods cause damage to the urban infrastructures as well as superstructures, loss of life and property; in rural areas, floods cause fertile agricultur...
ABSTRACT: Typical climate of a region may show a tendency to change with the implementation of region-wide water resource development projects or with the impact of global warming. The primary objective of this study was to figure out tendencies in climate types of Şanlıurfa, Birecik and Akçakale environs, located in the Southeastern Anatolia Proje...
ABSTRACT: In recent years, society has a growing concern over global warming and climate change. As the greenhouse gas emissions increases, global temperature raises, however the effect on the hydrological cycle, especially on the precipitation still draws attention. Numerous studies supported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
Drought is a natural climatological phenomenon which can be defined as the water scarcity due to the temporary imbalance in water availability in a region. Basically, drought occurs when precipitation is less than normal values and it extends over time. Drought has a large scope and negative significant effects on many sectors. It is therefore impo...
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Drought is the result of many causes as well as a normal feature of climate. Meteorological drought is the first stage of the drought, and it originates with a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time. The semi-arid Puntland state of
Somalia faced a cycle of prolonged droughts which led to deaths in thousands of people, livestock...
