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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2019-04-01
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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 |