A self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2335-2351

  Wells, Nathan ^a   Goddard, Steve ^a   Hayes, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DROUGHT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX (PDSI);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CALIBRATION; DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242673143     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2335:ASPDSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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