Analysis of Meteorological Drought Pattern During Different Climatic and Cropping Seasons in Bangladesh

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 794-806

  Alamgir, Mahiuddin ^a   Shahid, Shamsuddin ^a   Hazarika, Manzul Kumar ^b   Nashrrullah, Syams ^b   Harun, Sobri Bin ^a   Shamsudin, Supiah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c UTM RAZAK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cropping seasons; Droughts; Geographical information system; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

BANGLADESH; CROPPING SEASONS; DROUGHT MITIGATION; DROUGHT MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; NATURAL DISASTERS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

DROUGHT;

CROPPING PRACTICE; DROUGHT STRESS; GIS; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84931039057     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12276     Document Type: Article

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