Study of indices for drought characterization in KBK districts in Orissa (India)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1895-1907

  Pandey, R P ^a   Dash, B B ^b   Mishra, S K ^c   Singh, Ranvir ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b Office of the Engineer in Chief (WR)   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Decile index; Drought duration; Drought indices; Drought severity; Drought vulnerability; Effective drought index; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

INTERCHANGES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ANNUAL RAINFALL; DROUGHT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT INDICES; DRY AND WET; ECONOMIC LOSSES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MODELLING; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (PET); PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); QUANTITATIVE DEFINITION; RESOURCES ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL EXTENT; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI); TIME SERIES; WATER DEFICIT (WD);

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 47249089593     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6774     Document Type: Article

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