Droughts in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the Standardized Precipitation Index

Water International

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-631

  Xie, Hua ^a   Ringler, Claudia ^a   Zhu, Tingju ^a   Waqas, Ahmad ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Pakistan Strategy Support Program   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

drought; Pakistan; principal component analysis; Standardized Precipitation Index; variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884283072     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2013.827889     Document Type: Article

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