Streamflow droughts in the Iberian Peninsula between 1945 and 2005: Spatial and temporal patterns

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-134

  Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Moran Tejeda E ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Lopez Moreno J I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DROUGHT SEVERITY; GAUGING STATIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STANDARDIZED STREAMFLOW INDICES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 84891107022     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-119-2013     Document Type: Article

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