Characterization of drought across climatic spectrum

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 222-224

  Ponce, Victor M ^a   Pandey, Rajendra P ^b   Ercan, Sezar ^c  

^a UTC Aerospace Systems   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^c Hydro State Hydr Works   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DROUGHT FORECASTING;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT;

EID: 0034174281     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2000)5:2(222)     Document Type: Article

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