The impracticality of a universal drought definition

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 607-611

  Lloyd Hughes, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84904539566     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1025-7     Document Type: Article

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