Spatiotemporal variability of meteorological drought in Romania using the standardized precipitation index (SPI)

Climate Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-248

  Cheval, Sorin ^a   Busuioc, Aristita ^a   Dumitrescu, Alexandru ^a   Birsan, Marius Victor ^a  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

Author keywords

AMO; Climate variability; Drought; NAO; Romania; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT;

AMO; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NAO; ROMANIA; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84905973032     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01245     Document Type: Article

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