Comparison of seven meteorological indices for drought monitoring in Iran

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 971-985

  Morid, Saeid ^a   Smakhtin, Vladimir ^b   Moghaddasi, Mahnosh ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Drought indices; Drought monitoring; Iran; Tehran province

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT MONITORING; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; STANDARD PRECIPITATION INDEX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DROUGHT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 33745267737     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1264     Document Type: Article

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