The modified Palmer drought severity index based on the NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1362-1375

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Chelliah, Muthuvel ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MODIFIED PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX; REGIONAL REANALYSIS; WATER BALANCE EQUATION;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 33751257465     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2402.1     Document Type: Article

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