The study was carried out to assess meteorological drought on the basis of the standardized
precipitation index (SPI) and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) …

India is one of the most drought-vulnerable countries in the world and faces at least one
drought in one region or another every 3 years. To alleviate drought risk, an efficient policy …

Drought is a creeping and complex phenomenon that significantly impacts terrestrial
ecosystem services by reducing the ecosystem's performance and upsetting the balance of …

Trends in river flow at national scale in Iran remain largely unclear, despite good coverage
of river flow at multiple monitoring stations. To address this gap, this study explores the …

Droughts are one of the world's most destructive natural disasters. In large regions of Africa,
droughts can have strong environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Understanding the …

Hydrological droughts may be referred to as sustained and regionally extensive water
shortages as reflected in streamflows that are noticeable and gauged worldwide …

Flood frequency analysis (FFA) considering the confluence of interconnected rivers is
important for hydraulic structures (such as dams or diversions) design, but it has received …

Central Malawi has intensely been subjected to different climate-related shocks such as
floods, dry spells, and droughts, resulting in decreases in crop yields. Due to their …

This study attempts to build nonstationary indices for assessing meteorological drought in
two different climate zones in India: the arid Saurashtra and Kutch and humid-tropical …

The aim of this research was to use the standardized runoff index (SRI) with a three-month
timescale (SRI-3) to analyze hydrological drought risk in two arid river basins characterized …