The GPCC Drought Index - A new, combined and gridded global drought index

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-295

  Ziese, M ^a   Schneider, U ^a   Meyer Christoffer, A ^a   Schamm, K ^a   Vido, J ^a,b   Finger, P ^a   Bissolli, P ^a   Pietzsch, S ^a   Becker, A ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

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EID: 84907063404     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-285-2014     Document Type: Article

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