Title of article
Zoning Droughts By Standardized Precipitation Index in Esfahan Province (Iran)
Author/Authors
Safari Shad ، Mahtab Dept. of Natural Resource. University of Sari , Dashti Marvili ، Mohammad Islamic Azad University , Farsani ، Pezhman Allahbakhshian Dept. of Natural Resource. University of Sari
Pages
5
From page
477
To page
481
Abstract
The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) has become a popular measure of drought across the globe. In this study, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was used in annual period of time to survey on drought. Also, in order to zonation frequency of drought, geographic information system (GIS) software and Kriging method used for extracting dry areas. The zoning maps show most severe drought is in eastern areas of the province
Keywords
Drought analysis , Standardized precipitation index , GIS , Kriging method
Journal title
International Journal of Advanced Biological and Biomedical Research
Serial Year
2013
Journal title
International Journal of Advanced Biological and Biomedical Research
Record number
2458149
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