Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-323-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-323-2022
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07 Feb 2022
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A geography of drought indices: mismatch between indicators of drought and its impacts on water and food securities

Sarra Kchouk, Lieke A. Melsen, David W. Walker, and Pieter R. van Oel

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