Hydrological drought response to meteorological drought in the Iberian Peninsula

Climate Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-131

  Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Gonzalez Hidalgo J C ^b   Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Cortesi, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought time scales; Hydrological drought; Meteorological drought; Standardized precipitation index; Standardized streamflow index; Water management

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; STANDARDIZED STREAMFLOW INDICES; TIME-SCALES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DROUGHT;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84891067360     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01177     Document Type: Article

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