From meteorological to hydrological drought using standardised indicators

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2483-2505

  Barker, Lucy J ^a   Hannaford, Jamie ^a   Chiverton, Andrew ^a,b   Svensson, Cecilia ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES;

ACCUMULATION PERIODS; CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION INDICES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREAMFLOW INDICES;

DROUGHT;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT STRESS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KNOWLEDGE; RAINFALL; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84976351546     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-2483-2016     Document Type: Article

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