Iran has a predominantly arid and semi‐arid climate where the drought hazards and their
variability are the crucial concerns for water resources management. This study assesses …

This study was conducted to assess drought trend, frequency and extremity during 1966–
2012 over widely different climatic regimes in Iran. Two drought indicators, ie the …

Regional assessment of drought characteristics provides essential information for water
resources management. The study aimed to analyze the regional meteorological drought in …

Drought is a lack of moisture in nature, consistent or unnatural. The term consistent refers to
a state of shortage, and unnatural refers to the deviation from an index of the regional …

In recent years, droughts have become more intense and frequent in arid and semi-arid
regions like Iran on the one hand, and water demand has been rising on the other hand and …

The aim of this paper is to investigate characteristics of meteorological and agricultural
droughts and their trends in Iran, as well as several subregions with different climate …

Drought, a normal recurrent event in arid and semiarid lands such as Iran, is typically of a
temporary nature usually leaving little permanent aftermath. In the current study, the rainfall …

In addition to drought intensity, drought magnitude (DM) is an important parameter in
drought analysis. Therefore, in this study, the drought intensity and DM trends are …

Droughts are major natural disasters for many parts of the world. Iraq is one of the countries
which are recently facing frequent severe drought events, especially the northern region …

The lack of reliable and updated precipitation datasets is the most important limitation that
hinders establishing a drought monitoring and early warning system in Iran. To overcome …