Drought in the middle east and central-southwest Asia during winter 2013/14

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S71-S76

  Barlow, Mathew ^a   Hoell, Andrew ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

MIDDLE EAST; WESTERN PACIFIC;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84955485860     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00127.1     Document Type: Review

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