Global variations in droughts and wet spells: 1900-1995

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3367-3370

  Dai, Aiguo ^a   Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO PHENOMENON; MOISTURE SURPLUS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX (PDSI);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATOLOGY;

DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 0032172979     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL52511     Document Type: Article

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