An Index of Susceptibility to Drought (ISD) for the Semiarid Brazilian Northeast

Abstract This work presents the development of a composite Index of Susceptibility to Drought (ISD) for semiarid Brazilian Northeast that considers climatology, physical properties, soil usage, social and economic aspects, the risk of harvest losses and the shortage of human and animal drinking wate...

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Main Authors: Josemir Araujo Neves, Silvio de Barros Melo, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barreto Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia 2016-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-77862016000200177&lng=en&tlng=en