Determining the start, duration, and strength of flood and drought with daily precipitation: Rationale

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Er ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; OPERATIONAL MONITORING; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; WATER BALANCE;

SOLVENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERCOLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 68749108108     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038817     Document Type: Article

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