Appropriate application of the Standardized Precipitation Index in arid locations and dry seasons

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-79

  Wu, Hong ^a   Svoboda, Mark D ^b   Hayes, Michael J ^b   Wilhite, Donald A ^b   Wen, Fujiang ^c  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c City of Dallas Water Utilities Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid climates; Dry season; Lower bounded; Non normal distribution; SPI; United States

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DROUGHT/FLOOD MONITORING; NON-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI); UNITED STATES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ARID REGION; DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846511608     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1371     Document Type: Article

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