Probabilistic analysis of drought spatiotemporal characteristics in Thessaly region, Greece

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 719-731

  Loukas, A ^a   Vasiliades, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY; WORLD;

EID: 11244354172     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-719-2004     Document Type: Article

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