The drought and excessive moisture indices in a historical perspective in the principal grain-producing regions of the former Soviet Union

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2670-2682

  Meshcherskaya, A V ^a   Blazhevich, V G ^a  

^a VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL REGION; DROUGHT; GRAIN; MOISTURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031419595     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2670:TDAEMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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