In this study, we utilized three different indices to assess drought conditions in the Doñana
National Park (DNP) located in southern Spain. These indices included the Standardized …

Droughts are one of the extreme climatic phenomena with the greatest and most persistent
impact on health, economic activities and ecosystems and are poorly understood due to …

Drought can be considered an atmospheric condition, which rapidly goes beyond to affect
multiple fields of the environment and human activities. The persistence of these …

The evaluation of the meteorological drought is fundamental for the management of the
water resource. One of the most used indices to evaluate the drought is the standardized …

Drought indices are essential elements of an efficient drought watching system, aimed at
providing a concise overall picture of drought conditions. Owing to its simplicity, time …

In this paper the Standardized Precipitation Conversion Index (SPCI), a PWV-based drought
index, has been computed using GNSS and ERA5 PWV and its performance has been …

In this study, drought events over a large area of the Northern Hemisphere, including
continental Europe, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the Mediterranean basin, were …

Standardized drought indices have been traditionally used to identify and assess droughts
because of their simplicity and flexibility to compare the departure from normal conditions …

Distinction between drought and aridity is crucial to understand water scarcity processes.
Drought indices are used for drought identification and drought severity characterisation …

At present, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is the most widely used drought index
to provide good estimations about the intensity, magnitude and spatial extent of droughts …