Exploring the link between meteorological drought and streamflow: Effects of climate-catchment interaction

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2468-2487

  Haslinger, Klaus ^a   Koffler, Daniel ^b   Schöner, Wolfgang ^a   Laaha, Gregor ^b  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

low flows; meteorological drought; Palmer drought severity index; standardized precipitation index; streamflow drought; streamflow reconstruction and forecasting

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; LOW FLOW; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; METEOROLOGICAL INDEX; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; STATISTICAL PREDICTION MODEL; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 84896407327     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR015051     Document Type: Article

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