Dams have made great contributions to human society, facilitating flood control, power
generation, shipping, agriculture, and industry. However, the construction of dams greatly …

The risk of heatwave events and their persistence has intensified in recent past and is
expected to increase faster in future. However, the anticipated changes in socioeconomic …

Long-term drought monitoring and its assessment are of great importance for meteorological
disaster risk management. The recurrent spells of heat waves and droughts have severely …

Every year, millions of people are at risk due to droughts in South Asia (SA). The likely
impacts of droughts are projected to increase with global warming. This study uses the new …

The present study uses observation-based gridded air temperature and precipitation
datasets to investigate the spatiotemporal changes in meteorological drought from 1981 to …

The present study assessed the spatiotemporal variation of summer monsoon precipitation
and its potential drivers in Myanmar, utilizing monthly precipitation data from forty-six (46) …

Understanding the prevailing changes in temperature and relative humidity (RH) is of crucial
importance for climate risk reduction and management. Despite their importance, trends and …

Drought research is an important aspect of drought disaster mitigation and adaptation. For
this purpose, we used the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) to …

South Asia is home to one of the fastest-growing populations in Asia, and human activities
are leaving indelible marks on the land surface. Yet the likelihood of successive observed …

The Punjab region of Pakistan faced significant losses from flash flooding in 2010 and
experienced a multiyear drought during 1998–2002. The current study illustrates the drought …