Dry spells in the River Plata Basin: An approximation of the diagnosis of droughts using daily data

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 159-173

  Vargas, Walter M ^a,b   Naumann, Gustavo ^a,b   Minetti, Juan L ^a,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 79955057948     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0335-2     Document Type: Article

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