Similarity, difference and correlation of meteorological and hydrological drought indices in a humid climate region - The Poyang Lake catchment in China

Hydrology Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1211-1223

  Ye, Xuchun ^a   Li, Xianghu ^b   Xu, Chong Yu ^d,e   Zhang, Qi ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drought variability; Hydrological drought; Meteorological drought; Poyang Lake catchment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; PERIODIC VARIATION; PO-YANG LAKES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SIMILARITY INDEX; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG BASIN;

EID: 85009356028     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2016.214     Document Type: Article

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