## Abstract Drought is a slowβonset, creeping natural hazard and a recurrent phenomenon in the arid and semiβarid regions of Gujarat (India). In Asia, the standardized precipitation index (SPI) has gained wider acceptance in the detection and the estimation of the intensity, magnitude and spatial e
Drought forecasting using the Standardized Precipitation Index
β Scribed by A. Cancelliere; G. Di Mauro; B. Bonaccorso; G. Rossi
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 721 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-4741
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