Effects of temperature anomalies on the palmer drought severity index in the Central United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1899-1911

  Hu, Qi ^a   Willson, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Central United States; Interpreting reconstructed PDSI; Observation; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Precipitation; Temperature; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOMALY; DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034495744     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0088(200012)20:15<1899::AID-JOC588>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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