A spatio-temporal structure-based approach to drought characterisation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 406-418

  Lloyd Hughes, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Climatology; Drought; Europe; SPI; Structure

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; AGGREGATION PROCESS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EUROPE; GEOMETRIC METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; SHORT DURATIONS; SMALL AREA; SPACE-TIME SIGNALS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL INFORMATION; SPI; STRUCTURE-BASED; SUMMARY STATISTIC; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; ASPECT RATIO; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATOLOGY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84857718679     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2280     Document Type: Article

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