Identification and simulation of space-time variability of past hydrological drought events in the Limpopo River basin, southern Africa

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2925-2942

  Trambauer, P ^a   Maskey, S ^a   Werner, M ^a,b   Pappenberger, F ^c   Van Beek, L P H ^d   Uhlenbrook, S ^a,e  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84905736942     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2925-2014     Document Type: Article

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