Using drought indices to assess climate change impacts on drought conditions in the northeast of Iran (case study: Kashafrood basin)

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-127

  Sayari, N ^a   Bannayan, M ^a   Alizadeh, A ^a   Farid, A ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

ARI; Climate change; Drought frequency; Emission scenario; HadCM3 model; Kashafrood Basin; PNPI; SPI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; STREAM FLOW;

EMISSION SCENARIO; KASHAFROOD BASIN; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PNPI; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

IRAN;

EID: 84874698792     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1347     Document Type: Article

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