Historical droughts in central Mexico and their relation with El Niño

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 709-716

  Mendoza, Blanca ^a   Jáuregui, Ernesto ^a   Diaz Sandoval, Rosa ^b   García Acosta, Virginia ^c   Velasco, Victor ^a   Cordero, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGÍA SOCIAL CIESAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; DISASTER PREVENTION; HAZARDS; HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL DISASTERS; HISTORICAL DATA; HYDROMETEOROLOGY;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EL NINO; HISTORICAL RECORD; NATURAL DISASTER;

AGRICULTURE; DATA PROCESSING; DISASTERS; DROUGHT; HAZARDS; METEOROLOGY; MEXICO;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744456118     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2210.1     Document Type: Article

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