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        | Descriptor English: | Drought Indexes | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Índices de Sequía                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Índices de Seca | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Indices de Sécheresse | ||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Crop Moisture Ratio | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        SP8.190.450.135 | 
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| Scope note: | Indexes that assimilate several years of meteorological variables such as: precipitation, air temperature, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, soil moisture, among other variables, and thus combine them in order to identify the beginning of a drought period. (Adapted from https://bit.ly/3j2GSA6) | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 35203 | ||||
| Unique ID: | DDCS035203 | ||||
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| Scope note | Indexes that assimilate several years of meteorological variables such as: precipitation, air temperature, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, soil moisture, among other variables, and thus combine them in order to identify the beginning of a drought period. (Adapted from https://bit.ly/3j2GSA6) | 
| Preferred term | Drought Indexes | 
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                                                                                            Crop Moisture Ratio                                                 | 
                                
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