Temporal and spatial analysis of meteorological drought characteristics in the upper Blue Nile river region

Hydrology Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 265-276

  Khadr, Mosaad ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blue Nile river; Meteorological drought; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

BLUE NILE; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MULTIPLE TIME STEP; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; INDEX METHOD; NATURAL HAZARD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETURN PERIOD; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TESTING METHOD; WATER RESOURCE;

BLUE NILE BASIN; NILE BASIN;

EID: 85016589953     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2016.194     Document Type: Article

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