Characterizing changes in drought risk for the United States from climate change

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Strzepek, Kenneth ^a   Yohe, Gary ^b   Neumann, James ^c   Boehlert, Brent ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Industrial Economics Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Drought severity indices; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751558365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/044012     Document Type: Article

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