Contribution of precipitation and reference evapotranspiration to drought indices under different climates

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 526, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-54

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Van der Schrier, Gerard ^b   Beguería, Santiago ^c   Azorin Molina, Cesar ^a   Lopez Moreno, Juan I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Global warming; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Reconnaissance Drought Index; Standardized Palmer Drought Index; Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PALMER DROUGHT INDEX; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; RECONNAISSANCE DROUGHT INDICES; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION INDEX;

DROUGHT;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84928552534     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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