Drought hazard assessment using geoinformatics over parts of Chotanagpur plateau region, Jharkhand, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-303

  Pandey, Swati ^a   Pandey, A C ^a   Nathawat, M S ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Mahanti, N C ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drought; Geoinformatics; Hazard; India; Plateau

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER TABLE;

BIHAR; CHOTANAGPUR; INDIA; JHARKHAND;

EID: 84864412607     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0093-9     Document Type: Article

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