drought severity category
- drought severity category
(D)
a measure of drought severity developed by the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center and used widely by other agencies in the U.S. Categories are denoted D0-D5, with higher numbers indicating more severe drought. A table is provided.
Dictionary of units of measurement.
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