Predictive assessment of severity of agricultural droughts based on agro-climatic factors

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1255-1264

  Kumar, V ^a   Panu, U ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural droughts; Agro climatic; Drought prediction; Drought severity; Economics; Grain yield; Soil moisture index; Statistical analysis; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

SOIL MOISTURE INDEX;

DROUGHT;

AGRICULTURAL REGION; AGRO-CLIMATIC FACTOR; DROUGHT; GRAIN YIELD; MILLET; WATER DEMAND;

INDIA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0031434331     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb03550.x     Document Type: Article

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