Articles | Volume 383
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-383-291-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-383-291-2020
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16 Sep 2020
Post-conference publication |  | 16 Sep 2020

The challenges of hydrological drought definition, quantification and communication: an interdisciplinary perspective

Kerstin Stahl, Jean-Philippe Vidal, Jamie Hannaford, Erik Tijdeman, Gregor Laaha, Tobias Gauster, and Lena M. Tallaksen

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