Spatial coherence of meteorological droughts in the UK since 1914

Area

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-410

  Rahiz, Muhammad ^a   New, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Droughts; Extremes; Spatial coherence; UK

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DROUGHT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869006198     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2012.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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