Climate trends and behaviour of drought indices based on precipitation and evapotranspiration in Portugal

Distinction between drought and aridity is crucial to understand water scarcity processes. Drought indices are used for drought identification and drought severity characterisation. The Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) are the most known drought ind...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paulo, A.A. (author)
Other Authors: Rosa, R.D. (author), Pereira, L.S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4668
Country:Portugal
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