An aggregate drought index: Assessing drought severity based on fluctuations in the hydrologic cycle and surface water storage

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Keyantash, John A ^a   Dracup, John A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Index; PDSI; Principal components

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS;

AGGREGATE DROUGHT INDEX (ADI); HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INDEX METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6344285762     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002610     Document Type: Article

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