Title
ASSESSMENT OF DROUGHT USING PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX
Autor
Eva Klementová, Tomáš Litschmann
Keywords
precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration, drought, Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI)
Abstract
The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is calculated using the records on precipitation and temperature from the Klementinum Meteorological Observatory in Prague for the period 1805–2000 (196 years) to examine trends in the occurrence of drought periods in Central Europe. The results show that the conditions of the study area differ little from the conditions of the region in the USA for which PDSI was originally created. The index that has been used since 1965 proved to retain its applicability.
Pages
133-140
Cite
Klementová, E., Litschmann, T. (2004). ASSESSMENT OF DROUGHT USING PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX. Acta Sci. Pol. Formatio Circumiectus, 3(1), 133-140.
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