A global dataset of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870-2002: Relationship with soil moisture and effects of surface warming

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1117-1130

  Dai, Aiguo ^a   Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Qian, Taotao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DROUGHT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INDEX METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 12144258630     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-386.1     Document Type: Article

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