Drought Occurrences and Their Characteristics across Selected Spatial Scales in the Contiguous United States

An understanding of drought occurrences and their characteristics such as intensity, duration, frequency, and areal coverage, and their variations on different spatial scales, is crucial to plan for droughts in different regions and in different sized areas. This study investigated the variations of...

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Main Authors: Navaratnam Leelaruban, G. Padmanabhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/7/3/59