Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1591-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1591-2014
Research article
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06 May 2014
Research article |  | 06 May 2014

Exploring drought vulnerability in Africa: an indicator based analysis to be used in early warning systems

G. Naumann, P. Barbosa, L. Garrote, A. Iglesias, and J. Vogt

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