Spatiotemporal analysis of meteorological drought variability in the Indian region using standardized precipitation index

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-264

  Naresh Kumar, M ^a   Murthy, C S ^a   Sesha Sai, M V R ^a   Roy, P S ^a  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Area under dryness; Change point; Climate change; Drought intensity; Drought persistence; Meteorological drought; Pearson III; Standardized precipitation index; Trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; STREAM FLOW;

AREA UNDER DRYNESS; CHANGE-POINTS; DROUGHT INTENSITIES; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PEARSON III; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TRENDS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; METEOROLOGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 84861817994     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.277     Document Type: Article

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