Drought characterization from a multivariate perspective: A review

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 527, Issue , 2015, Pages 668-678

  Hao, Zengchao ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Drought indicator; Multivariate drought indices; U.S. Drought Monitor

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPLEX NATURE; DEVELOPMENT METHOD; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT INDICES; NATURAL PHENOMENA; RELATED VARIABLES;

DROUGHT;

CIVILIZATION; DROUGHT STRESS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930352275     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.031     Document Type: Review

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