Performance of Drought Indices for Ecological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Applications

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Earth Interactions

• Publication date

  2012-06-26

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/2012EI000434.1
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