A drought hazard assessment index based on the VIC-PDSI model and its application on the Loess Plateau, China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 125-138

  Zhang, Baoqing ^a,b   Wu, Pute ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xining ^a,b   Wang, Yubao ^a,b   Gao, Xiaodong ^a,b   Cao, Xinchun ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODELING; NATURAL HAZARD; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL; NINGXIA HUIZU; QINGSHUIHE BASIN; WEI RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; YINCHUAN; ZULI RIVER;

EID: 84884588306     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0826-4     Document Type: Article

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