Seasonal forecasts of droughts in African basins using the Standardized Precipitation Index

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2359-2373

  Dutra, E ^a   Di Giuseppe, F ^a   Wetterhall, F ^a   Pappenberger, F ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-WAVE RADIATION; NEAR-REAL-TIME DATA; PRECIPITATION INDICES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT;

FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; INDEX METHOD; LIVESTOCK; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TIMESCALE;

AFRICA; BLUE NILE [NILE RIVER]; NILE RIVER;

EID: 84880780570     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2359-2013     Document Type: Article

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