Six meteorological drought indices including percent of normal (PN), standardized
precipitation index (SPI), China-Z index (CZI), modified CZI (MCZI), Z-Score (Z), the aridity …

Drought detecting is a necessary aspect of drought risk management. It is generally
performed usingdifferent drought indices that are effectively continuous functions of rainfall …

Drought is a natural disaster that occurs frequently or intermittently and affects all economic,
social, and environmental aspects of a society. The present study is an attempt to compare …

Drought monitoring is an essential component of drought risk management. It is normally
performed using various drought indices that are effectively continuous functions of rainfall …

Drought has been identified as one of the significant complicated natural disasters
exacerbated by land degradation and climate change. Hence, monitoring drought and …

Drought is one of the most complex phenomena in the world; so, proper management is very
important in monitoring and reducing its damage. For this purpose, Standard Precipitation …

Drought incidents occur due to the fact that precipitation values are below average for many
years. Drought causes serious effects in many sectors, such as agriculture, economy, health …

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 is a complex phenomenon that strong indices should be used to quantifying it.
Reconnaissance drought index (RDI) is very strong index that extensively used in drought …

Drought is one of the main natural causes of damages to the ecosystems, agricultural
productions, water resources, etc. Many indices have been developed to assess drought …