Developing objective operational definitions for monitoring drought

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1217-1229

  Quiring, Steven M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MEASURES; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; DECISION MAKERS; DROUGHT INDICES; DROUGHT RESPONSE; DROUGHT SEVERITY; FEDERAL AGENCY; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

WATER CONSERVATION;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651244677     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2088.1     Document Type: Article

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