Trends and spatial patterns of drought affected area in southern South America

Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 264-278

  Rivera, Juan A ^a,b   Penalba, Olga C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drought; Southern South America; Spatial patterns; Standardized precipitation index; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992296190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli2040264     Document Type: Article

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