Drought Indexes: Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI)

 
 
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Doesken, N. J. and David Garen. 1991. Drought monitoring in the Western United States using a surface water supply index. Presented at: 7th Conference on Applied Climatology, Sept. 10-13, 1991 in Salt Lake City, Utah // and as an Appendix IN Development of a Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI) for the Western United States, 1991, 77-80. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science.

Doesken, N. J., T. B. McKee, and J. Kleist. 1991. Development of a Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI) for the Western United States. Climatology Report no.91-3. Ft. Collins, CO: Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science.

Farnes, P. E. 1989. Development of a surface water supply index (SWSI) for Montana; Internal water supply forecasting report. Bozeman, MO: Soil Conservation Service.

Garen, David C. 1993. Revised Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI) for Western United States. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 119, no. 4 (July/Aug): 437-454.

Hayes, M. 2002. Drought indexes // Drought indices. 9p. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska.

Kim, S. M., and S. W. Park. 2001. Comparison of drought indices on major weather stations in Korea. ASAE Conference, 9-12 July 2000, Milwaukee, WI. ASAE Paper no.2017: 1-12.

Shafer, B. A. and L. E. Dezman. 1982. Development of a Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI) to assess the severity of drought conditions in snowpack runoff areas. IN Proceedings of the (50th) 1982 Annual Western Snow Conference , pp 164-75 Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University.

Wilhite, Donald, National Drought Mitigation Center, International Drought Information Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 1995. Discussion of selected drought indices / Prepared for Alberta Agriculture, Edmonton, Alberta. [Manuscript] 16p. Lincoln, NE: National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska.

Weghorst, K. M. 1996. The Reclamation drought index: Guidelines and practical applications. Denver, CO: Bureau of Reclamation.

 
 
 
 
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