Probabilistic analysis of extreme regional meteorological droughts by L-moments in a semi-arid environment

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-366

  Abolverdi, Javad ^a   Khalili, Davar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 78249286542     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0265-z     Document Type: Article

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