Spatial and temporal analysis of droughts in the Iberian Peninsula (1910-2000)

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-97

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a,b  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Drought; Extreme events; Iberian Peninsula; Precipitation; Standardized precipitation index (SPI)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENTS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI);

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 32544432050     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.1.83     Document Type: Article

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