Characteristics and drivers of drought in Europe-a summary of the DROUGHT-R&SPI project

Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing - Proceedings of the International Conference on Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 15-22

  Tallaksen, Lena M ^a   Stagge, James H ^a   Stahl, Kerstin ^b   Gudmundsson, Lukas ^c   Orth, Rene ^c   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^c   van Loon, Anne F ^d   van Lanen, Henny A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL MOISTURE;

CONTROLLING MECHANISM; GENERATING MECHANISM; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL SCALE PROCESS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; NATURAL HAZARD; RESEARCH NEEDS;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84941551910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b18077-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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