Seasonal Drought Prediction: Advances, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 108-141

  Hao, Zengchao ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Xia, Youlong ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

climate forecast; drought; drought prediction; hydrological forecast

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE FORECASTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; HYDROLOGICAL FORECAST; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST;

FORECASTING;

DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85041053710     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016RG000549     Document Type: Article

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