Century-long variations in United States drought severity

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 293-299

  Balling Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030561407     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(96)02340-4     Document Type: Article

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