Hydrologic benchmarking of meteorological drought indices at interannual to climate change timescales: a case study over the Amazon and Mississippi river basins

Widely used metrics of drought are still derived solely from analyses of meteorological variables such as precipitation and temperature. While drought is generally a consequence of atmospheric anomalies, the impacts to society are more directly related to hydrologic conditions. The present study use...

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Main Authors: E. Joetzjer, H. Douville, C. Delire, P. Ciais, B. Decharme, S. Tyteca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-12-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/17/4885/2013/hess-17-4885-2013.pdf