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Unraveling the Enigma: Unforeseen Data Patterns in R SPEI Package’s Water Balance Timeseries Analysis for Multiple Locations with Missing Values
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Is Scotland Facing a Drought Crisis?
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The Annual Variability of Total Precipitation on Earth: Implications for Drought
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