Finescale evaluation of drought in a tropical setting: Case study in Sri Lanka

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Lyon, Bradfield ^a   Zubair, Lareef ^a   Ralapanawe, Vidhura ^b   Yahiya, Zeenas ^b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Foundation for Environment   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC ZONES; DENSE NETWORKS; DROUGHT INDICES; DROUGHT MANAGEMENTS; EMPIRICAL APPROACHES; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; POLICY MAKINGS; POTENTIAL UTILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SRI LANKA; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDICES; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

DECISION MAKING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 65349086912     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1767.1     Document Type: Article

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