Revisiting the probabilistic definition of drought: Strengths, limitations and an agrometeorological adaptation;Revisão da definição probabilística de seca: Qualidades, limitações e adaptação agrometeorológica

Bragantia

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-141

  Blain, Gabriel Constantino ^a  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Normality; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

BRAZIL;

EID: 84862339709     PISSN: 00068705     EISSN: 16784499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0006-87052012000100019     Document Type: Article

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