Assessing droughts using meteorological drought indices in Victoria, Australia

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 463-476

  Rahmat, Siti Nazahiyah ^a,b   Jayasuriya, Niranjali ^a   Bhuiyan, Muhammed ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Deciles; Drought characteristics; Reconnaissance Drought Index; Standardized Precipitation Index; Theory of Runs

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STREAM FLOW;

DECILES; DROUGHT CHARACTERISTICS; RECONNAISSANCE DROUGHT INDICES; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; THEORY OF RUNS;

DROUGHT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84930513034     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2014.105     Document Type: Article

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