Assessment of drought across central sudan using UNEP dryness ratio

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-494

  Elagib, Nadir Ahmed ^a  

^a SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid zones; Drought; Sudan; Unep dryness ratio

Indexed keywords

AREAL COVERAGE; ARID AND SEMI-ARID ZONES; ARID AREA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; SERIAL CORRELATION; SMALL SCALE; STUDY AREAS; SUDAN; UNEP DRYNESS RATIO; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME;

ARID REGIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 70049115376     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.016     Document Type: Article

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