Discussion of “Uses of Precipitation-Based Climate Indices in Drought Characterization” by Chandramouli V. Chandramouli, Nicholas Kaoukis, Mohammad Karim, and Leslie Dorworth
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The authors sincerely thank the editor and reviewers for their valuable comments. The study related to the climate change indices was partly supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0401409) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51509201, 51679188).
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Received: Sep 5, 2017
Accepted: Oct 24, 2017
Published online: Jul 9, 2018
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