Long karst spring discharge time series and droughts occurrence in Southern Italy

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2273-2283

  Fiorillo, Francesco ^a   Guadagno, Francesco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought; Italy; Karst system; Spring discharge; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; DATA SERIES; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; HYDROLOGICAL SERIES; ITALY; KARST SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; MONTHLY SCALE; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPRING DISCHARGE; SPRING DISCHARGES; TIME LAG;

AQUIFERS; DROPS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPRINGS (WATER); TIME SERIES;

DROUGHT;

AQUIFER; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; KARST; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RESERVOIR; SPRING (SEASON); TIME SERIES;

ITALY;

EID: 84859108584     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1495-9     Document Type: Article

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