Analyzing spatial patterns of meteorological drought using standardized precipitation index

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-336

  Patel, N R ^a   Chopra, P ^b   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies   (India)

Author keywords

Crop anomaly; Drought risk; Meteorological drought; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM FLOW; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; DROUGHT RISKS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SPATIALLY INVARIANTS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

DROUGHT;

CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 38349095853     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.33     Document Type: Article

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