Michael H. Glantz and Richard W. Katz, of the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, draw on the case of the Sahel to comment on the use of the term ‘drought’ for arid regions
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Glantz, M., Katz, R. When is a drought a drought?. Nature 267, 192–193 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/267192a0
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