A hydroclimatological assessment of regional drought vulnerability: A case study of Indiana droughts

Earth Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 1-65

  Charusombat, Umarporn ^a   Niyogi, Dev ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Drought indices; Indiana; Precipitation; Water shortage plan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857014040     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011EI343.1     Document Type: Article

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