Climatological drought in Arizona: An analysis of indicators for guiding the Governor's Drought Task Force

Professional Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 460-469

  Goodrich, Gregory B ^a   Ellis, Andrew W ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Drought; Drought monitoring; PDSI; SPI

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750128685     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2006.00582.x     Document Type: Review

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