Droughts occur naturally, but climate change has generally accelerated the hydrological
processes to make them set in quicker and become more intense, with many consequences …

Drought is a stochastic natural hazard that is instigated by intense and persistent shortage of
precipitation. Following an initial meteorological phenomenon, subsequent impacts are …

Although rainfall is a major indicator of the availability of water, temperature is also an
important factor that can influence the availability of water as it controls the rates of …

标准化降水蒸散指数(SPEI) 通过标准化潜在蒸散与降水的差值表征一个地区干湿状况偏离常年
的程度, 是分析干旱演变趋势的新理想指标, 目前已经广泛应用于干旱评估, 水资源管理等领域 …

Under global climate change and pressure from human activities, water scarcity is becoming
a major concern in the quest for regional sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin …

Bias corrected daily climate projections from five global circulation models (GCMs) under the
RCP8. 5 emission scenarios were fed into a calibrated Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) …

The authors propose a new climatic drought index: the standardized precipitation
evapotranspiration index (SPEI). The SPEI is based on precipitation and temperature data …

The co-occurrence of warm spells and droughts can lead to detrimental socio-economic and
ecological impacts, largely surpassing the impacts of either warm spells or droughts alone …

Beguería, S., SM Vicente-Serrano, F. Reig, and B. Latorre, 2014: Standardized precipitation
evapotranspiration index (SPEI) revisited: Parameter fitting, evapotranspiration models …

In recent years droughts have been occurring frequently, and their impacts are being
aggravated by the rise in water demand and the variability in hydro-meteorological variables …