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Review article
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29 Aug 2014
Review article |
| 29 Aug 2014
The GPCC Drought Index – a new, combined and gridded global drought index
M. Ziese
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
U. Schneider
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
A. Meyer-Christoffer
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
K. Schamm
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
J. Vido
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
now at: Technical University Zvolen, Department of Natural Environment, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia
P. Finger
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
P. Bissolli
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Regionale Klimaüberwachung, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
S. Pietzsch
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Agrarmeteorologische Beratung, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
A. Becker
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany
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