Drought termination: Concept and characterisation

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 743-767

  Parry, Simon ^a,b   Prudhomme, Christel ^a,b   Wilby, Robert L ^b   Wood, Paul J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agricultural drought; Drought; drought termination; end of drought; groundwater drought; hydrological cycle; hydrological drought; low flow; meteorological drought

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER FLOW; WATER LEVEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85000394567     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133316652801     Document Type: Article

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