The biggest drought events in Europe from 1950 to 2012

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 509-524

  Spinoni, Jonathan ^a   Naumann, Gustavo ^b   Vogt, Jürgen V ^a   Barbosa, Paulo ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate; Drought; Europe; RDI; SPEI; SPI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931261156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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