[HTML][HTML] Comparison of drought indices for appraisal of drought characteristics in the Ken River Basin

VK Jain, RP Pandey, MK Jain, HR Byun - Weather and climate Extremes, 2015 - Elsevier
Drought indices are used to monitor drought conditions of a region. Various drought indices
(DIs) have been proposed in past few decades, but some of those are region specific and …

Prediction of meteorological drought by using hybrid support vector regression optimized with HHO versus PSO algorithms

A Malik, Y Tikhamarine, SS Sammen, SI Abba… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Drought is considered one of the costliest natural disasters that result in water scarcity and
crop damage almost every year. Drought monitoring and forecasting are essential for the …

Comparison of multi-monthly rainfall-based drought severity indices, with application to semi-arid Konya closed basin, Turkey

S Dogan, A Berktay, VP Singh - Journal of Hydrology, 2012 - Elsevier
Many drought indices (DIs) have been introduced to monitor drought conditions. This study
compares Percent of Normal (PN), Rainfall Decile based Drought Index (RDDI), statistical Z …

Support vector regression integrated with novel meta-heuristic algorithms for meteorological drought prediction

A Malik, Y Tikhamarine, D Souag-Gamane… - Meteorology and …, 2021 - Springer
Drought is a complex natural phenomenon, so, precise prediction of drought is an effective
mitigation tool for measuring the negative consequences on agriculture, ecosystems …

Comparison of drought indices in a semi-arid river basin of India

PS Wable, MK Jha, A Shekhar - Water resources management, 2019 - Springer
Due to the inherent complexity of drought phenomena, difference in hydro-climatic
conditions and watershed characteristics, there is a lack of a universal drought index for …

Analysis of dry and wet climate characteristics at Uttarakhand (India) using effective drought index

A Malik, A Kumar, O Kisi, N Khan, SQ Salih, ZM Yaseen - Natural Hazards, 2021 - Springer
Drought is a complex natural disaster that adversely affects human life and the ecosystem. A
variety of drought indexes are available for monitoring meteorological drought events. In the …

A comparative study of precipitation-based drought indices with the aim of selecting the best index for drought monitoring in Iran

P Mahmoudi, A Rigi, M Miri Kamak - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Meteorological drought prediction using heuristic approaches based on effective drought index: a case study in Uttarakhand

A Malik, A Kumar - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020 - Springer
Monitoring and prediction of drought using standardized metrics of rainfall are of great
importance for sustainable planning and management of water resources on regional and …

Trends and spatial patterns of drought incidence in the omo‐ghibe river basin, ethiopia

MA Degefu, W Bewket - Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this paper is to evaluate trends and spatial patterns of drought incidence
across the mo‐hibe River Basin using monthly rainfall data from eight stations for the period …

Use of meteorological data for identification of agricultural drought in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand

U Kumar, S Singh, JK Bisht, L Kant - Journal of Earth System Science, 2021 - Springer
Agriculture in hill and mountain ecosystems is predominantly rainfed with common
occurrence of moisture stress. It is a natural disaster which evolves in time and its impacts …