Drought in a human-modified world: Reframing drought definitions, understanding, and analysis approaches

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3631-3650

  Van Loon, Anne F ^a   Stahl, Kerstin ^b   Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^c   Clark, Julian ^a   Rangecroft, Sally ^a   Wanders, Niko ^d   Gleeson, Tom ^e   Van Dijk, Albert I J M ^f   Tallaksen, Lena M ^g   Hannaford, Jamie ^h   Uijlenhoet, Remko ⁱ   Teuling, Adriaan J ⁱ   Hannah, David M ^a   Sheffield, Justin ^d   Svoboda, Mark ^j   Verbeiren, Boud ^k   Wagener, Thorsten ^l   Van Lanen, Henny A J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^k VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN MODIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REFERENCE CONDITION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

DROUGHT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOCENE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DROUGHT; EXPLOITATION; FLOODING; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAND SURFACE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84986592656     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-3631-2016     Document Type: Article

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