Quantifying the impact of climate change on drought regimes using the Standardised Precipitation Index

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 41-54

  Jenkins, Katie ^a,c   Warren, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84939884708     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1143-x     Document Type: Article

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