Severity, duration and frequency of drought in SE England from 1697 to 2011

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 673-687

  Todd, B ^a   Macdonald, N ^a   Chiverrell, R C ^a   Caminade, C ^a   Hooke, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT CHARACTERISTICS; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; RAINFALL DEFICIENCY; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RISING TEMPERATURES; SELF-CALIBRATED PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888291265     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0970-6     Document Type: Article

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