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Meteorological drought

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017092

Meteorological drought is usually defined based on the degree of dryness (in comparison to some “normal” or average) and the duration of the dry period. Drought onset generally occurs with a meteorological drought.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017092
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
ReferencesNational Weather Service Public Fact Sheet at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/climate/DroughtPublic2.pdf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017092",
  "term": "Meteorological drought",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Meteorological Drought",
  "definition": "Meteorological drought is usually defined based on the degree of dryness (in comparison to some “normal” or average) and the duration of the dry period. Drought onset generally occurs with a meteorological drought.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "National Weather Service Public Fact Sheet at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/climate/DroughtPublic2.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/meteorological-drought/"
}

Record 16,641 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.