Examining the large-scale spatial coherence of European drought using regional indicators of precipitation and streamflow deficit

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1146-1162

  Hannaford, J ^a   Lloyd Hughes, B ^b   Keef, C ^c   Parry, S ^a   Prudhomme, C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c JBA CONSULTING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Drought; Drought forecasting; Regional deficiency index; Spatial coherence; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SETS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EARLY WARNING; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; REGIONAL DEFICIENCY INDEX; RIVER FLOW TIME SERIES; SCALE PATTERN; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TARGET REGIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 77955820672     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7725     Document Type: Article

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