Developing a combined drought-dzud early warning system in Mongolia

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 928-950

  Shinoda, Masato ^a   Morinaga, Yuki ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought; Dzud; Early waning system; Meteorological disaster; Mongolia; Pastoral animal husbandry

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; NATURAL DISASTER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28044448520     PISSN: 13479555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.78.13_928     Document Type: Review

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