Assessment of agricultural drought using a simple water balance model in the Free State Province of South Africa

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 425-450

  Moeletsi, Mokhele Edmond ^a,b   Walker, Sue ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860491308     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0540-7     Document Type: Article

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