An evolution of the standardized precipitation index, the China-Z index and the statistical Z-score

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 745-758

  Wu, Hong ^a,b   Hayes, Michael J ^a   Weiss, Albert ^a   Hu, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b 236 LW Chase Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; China Z index; Drought index; Drought monitoring; Precipitation; Standardized precipitation Index; Statistical Z score

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DROUGHT; MOISTURE;

ARID CLIMATES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0035334983     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.658     Document Type: Article

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