Modification of a fire drought index for tropical wetland ecosystems by including water table depth

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Taufik, Muh ^a,b   Setiawan, Budi I ^a   van Lanen, Henny A J ^b  

^a BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applicability; Critical depth; Drought factor; Groundwater table; Local climate; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; METEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; STAKEHOLDER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84920691133     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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