Water is a strategic resource for the economic, social and environmental development.
However, water scarcity and droughts are current challenges to this growth, as it is reflected …

Two questions motivated this study: 1) Will meteorological droughts become more frequent
and severe during the twenty-first century? 2) Given the projected global temperature rise, to …

This work examines 140 hydrological studies conducted in the Mediterranean region. It
identifies key characteristics of the hydrological responses of Mediterranean catchments at …

Abstract Study region Europe, including European Russia, but excluding Greenland, the
Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. Study focus Drought is a complex climate-related …

Abstract The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is widely used as drought
meteorological index, to identify the duration and/or severity of a drought. The SPI is usually …

Drought severity is conventionally assessed by drought indices. Several drought indices
with varying complexity have been used in many geographical areas. Recently, a powerful …

Drought modeling is vital for designing and managing water resource systems due to its
significant effects on agriculture and other components of the environment. This study …

Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is a basic element for hydrological designing and
agricultural water resources management. The FAO56 recommended Penman–Monteith …

Comparability analyses are performed to investigate similarities/differences of the standard
precipitation index (SPI) and the reconnaissance drought index (RDI), respectively, utilizing …

This research provides a novel methodology for modeling multivariate dependence
structures of meteorological drought characteristics (severity, duration, peak, and interarrival …