Development of a Combined Drought Indicator to detect agricultural drought in Europe

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3519-3531

  Sepulcre Canto, G ^a   Horion, S ^a   Singleton, A ^a   Carrao, H ^a   Vogt, J ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84871005058     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-3519-2012     Document Type: Review

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