A comparative analysis of primary and extreme characteristics of dry or wet status between Asia and North America

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-362

  Hua, Lijuan ^a   Ma, Zhuguo ^b   Zhong, Linhao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; comparative analysis; extreme drought event; mean dry wet status; North America; Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551665390     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-9230-0     Document Type: Article

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