Evaluation and application of the SPDI-JDI for droughts in Texas, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 521, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-45

  Ma, Mingwei ^a,c   Ren, Liliang ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^c,d   Tu, Xinjun ^b,c   Jiang, Shanhu ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Multivariate probability; Palmer; Standardized index; Texas

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVELS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; HYDROLOGIC DROUGHTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PALMER; PALMER DROUGHT INDEX; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; STANDARDIZED INDEX; TEXAS;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949123351     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.074     Document Type: Article

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