Development of an annual drought classification system based on drought severity indexes

Abstract: In order to characterize the occurrence and intensity of droughts in the Doce River Basin, as well as to develop a system for its classification, four different drought indexes were evaluated: Percent of Normal Precipitation (PNP), Deciles Method (DM), Rainfall Anomaly Index (RAI) and Stan...

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Main Authors: RAFAEL P.C. LIMA, DEMETRIUS D. DA SILVA, MICHEL C. MOREIRA, JÉSSICA B.M.C. PASSOS, CLÍVIA D. COELHO, ABRAHÃO A.A. ELESBON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2019-04-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652019000100852&lng=en&tlng=en