Articles | Volume 20, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2779-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2779-2016
Research article
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12 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 12 Jul 2016

Estimating drought risk across Europe from reported drought impacts, drought indices, and vulnerability factors

Veit Blauhut, Kerstin Stahl, James Howard Stagge, Lena M. Tallaksen, Lucia De Stefano, and Jürgen Vogt

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