Improving a drought early warning model for an arid region using a soil-moisture index

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-408

  Boken, Vijendra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Pearl millet; Soil moisture index; Yield modeling

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JODHPUR; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 67649237660     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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