Drought hazard assessment across Sweden's diverse hydro-climatic regimes

Canedo Rosso, Claudia; Nyberg, Lars; Pechlivanidis, Ilias

doi:10.5194/nhess-25-4577-2025

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Drought hazard assessment across Sweden's diverse hydro-climatic regimes

Claudia Canedo Rosso, Lars Nyberg, and Ilias Pechlivanidis

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