Spatiotemporal analysis of drought characteristics in the bundelkhand region of central india using the standardized precipitation index

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Thomas, T ^a   Nayak, P C ^a   Ghosh, Narayan C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bundelkhand; Drought characteristics; Standardized precipitation index; Time scales; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

BUNDELKHAND; DROUGHT CHARACTERISTICS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; TIME-SCALES; TREND ANALYSIS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BUNDELKHAND; INDIA;

EID: 84945305127     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: 19435584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001189     Document Type: Article

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