A Groundwater Resource Index (GRI) for drought monitoring and forecasting in a mediterranean climate

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 357, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 282-302

  Mendicino, Giuseppe ^a   Senatore, Alfonso ^a   Versace, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GRI; Groundwater resource; Lithology; Mediterranean climate; SPI

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ALARM SYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; DROUGHT; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTERCHANGES; LABELING; LABELS; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPEECH; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANALYSIS APPROACH; AUTO-CORRELATION (AC); CORRELATION VALUES; DISTRIBUTED WATER; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT INDICES; DROUGHT MONITORING; ELSEVIER (CO); FALSE ALARMS (FA); FORECASTING PURPOSES; FORESTED AREAS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCMS); HYDROLOGIC RESPONSES; IN ORDER; LITHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI); SUM MER MONTHS; SUMMER DROUGHTS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CANOPY; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE;

DROUGHT; FORECASTS; GROUND WATER; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; LAND USE; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

EID: 47049102458     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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