Examining the relationship between drought development and rapid changes in the evaporative stress index

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 938-956

  Otkin, Jason A ^a   Anderson, Martha C ^b   Hain, Christopher ^c   Svoboda, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EVAPORATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901916248     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0110.1     Document Type: Article

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