Drought spatial analysis and development of severity-duration-frequency curves for an arid region

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 278, 2003, Pages 305-311

  Saghafian, Bahram ^a   Shokoohi, Alireza ^b   Raziei, Tayeb ^a  

^a SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b University of Imam Qomeini   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Markov chain; Meteorological drought; Run theory; Severity duration frequency; Z score

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DATA REDUCTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY; RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

DROUGHT;

ARID REGION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

IRAN;

EID: 0038035594     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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