Use of drought indices in climate change impact assessment studies: An application to Greece

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1336-1348

  Mavromatis, T ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drought index; Greece; PDSI; Regional climate models (RCMs); Soil moisture; Soil water index (SWI)

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT INDICES; GREECE; PDSI; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS (RCMS);

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDEX METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; SCATTEROMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

GREECE;

EID: 77954849385     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1976     Document Type: Article

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