Drought monitoring and forecasting across Turkey: A contemporary review

D Soylu Pekpostalci, R Tur, A Danandeh Mehr… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the critical consequences of climate change at both local and regional scales is a
change in the patterns of extreme climate events such as droughts. Focusing on the different …

Drought characterisation based on an agriculture-oriented standardised precipitation index

D Tigkas, H Vangelis, G Tsakiris - Theoretical and applied climatology, 2019 - Springer
Drought is a major natural hazard with significant effects in the agricultural sector, especially
in arid and semi-arid regions. The accurate and timely characterisation of agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Irrigation strategy optimization in irrigation districts with seasonal agricultural drought in southwest China: A copula-based stochastic multiobjective approach

F Zhang, N Cui, S Guo, Q Yue, S Jiang, B Zhu… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seasonal agricultural droughts (SAD) often cause yield loss for the farming community
around the world, reinforcing the need to optimize both water-saving measures and …

Spatiotemporal variations of drought in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwest China, during 1960–2013 and their association with large-scale circulations and …

Q Cheng, L Gao, F Zhong, X Zuo, M Ma - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
It is imperative that more powerful drought indicators are used to objectively quantify the
characteristics of droughts. A revised reconnaissance drought index (RDI) was used to …

Incorporating aSPI and eRDI in drought indices calculator (DrinC) software for agricultural drought characterisation and monitoring

D Tigkas, H Vangelis, N Proutsos, G Tsakiris - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
The agricultural sector is vulnerable to extreme phenomena such as droughts, particularly in
arid and semi-arid environments and in regions where water infrastructure is limited …

Implementing crop evapotranspiration in RDI for farm-level drought evaluation and adaptation under climate change conditions

D Tigkas, H Vangelis, G Tsakiris - Water Resources Management, 2020 - Springer
Agricultural drought is a natural hazard, often leading to significant crop yield losses and
jeopardising food security. Climate change is anticipated to increase the duration and the …

Spatiotemporal climate variability and meteorological drought characterization in Ethiopia

JM Kourouma, E Eze, G Kelem, E Negash… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing drought patterns with profound effects on livelihoods and food security have been
documented in Ethiopia. From previous studies', assessments at various timescales …

Drought risk assessment and management

G Tsakiris - Water resources management, 2017 - Springer
The paper presents an overview of issues related to the estimation of drought severity, the
vulnerability of affected systems towards the drought hazards, the assessment of system …

Identification of droughts over Saudi Arabia and global teleconnections

FS Syed, S Adnan, A Zamreeq, A Ghulam - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Drought is known as one of the most devastating climate extremes, which the world is facing
in recent decades. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) lies in the water-stressed region …

Characterization and outlook of climatic hazards in an agricultural area of Pakistan

MT Bhatti, AA Anwar, K Hussain - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Many dimensions of human life and the environment are vulnerable to anthropogenic
climate change and the hazards associated with it. There are several indices and metrics to …