Understanding the changing characteristics of droughts in sudan and the corresponding components of the hydrologic cycle

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1520-1535

  Zhang, Zengxin ^a,b   Xu, Chong Yu ^b   Yong, Bin ^c   Hu, Junjun ^d   Sun, Zhonghua ^e  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^e CHANGJIANG WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SUDAN;

EID: 84869439408     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0109.1     Document Type: Article

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