Analysis of drought in the region of Abruzzo (Central Italy) by the Standardized Precipitation Index

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 41-52

  Di Lena, B ^a   Vergni, L ^b   Antenucci, F ^a   Todisco, F ^b   Mannocchi, F ^b  

^a Agricultural politics and rural development Management   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY;

EID: 84891662512     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0876-2     Document Type: Article

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