Drought class transition analysis through Markov and Loglinear models, an approach to early warning

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 59-81

  Paulo, A A ^a   Ferreira, E ^a   Coelho, C ^a   Pereira, L S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drought prediction; Drought severity; Duration time; Recurrence time; Standardized precipitation index (SPI); Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DROUGHT CLASS; LOGLINEAR MODELS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI); TRANSITION ANALYSIS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 22144456439     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.09.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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