On the relationship of regional meteorological drought with SOI and NAO over southwest Iran

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Dezfuli, Amin K ^a   Karamouz, Mohammad ^b   Araghinejad, Shahab ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; DROUGHT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; METEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

IRAN;

EID: 77049107970     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0157-2     Document Type: Article

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