Drought propagation under global warming: Characteristics, approaches, processes, and controlling factors
Drought is a costly natural hazard with far-reaching impacts on agriculture, ecosystem, water
supply, and socio-economy. While propagating through the water cycle, drought evolves into …
supply, and socio-economy. While propagating through the water cycle, drought evolves into …
Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios
Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …
Drought monitoring and analysis: standardised precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) and standardised precipitation index (SPI)
S Tirivarombo, D Osupile, P Eliasson - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …
important factor that can influence the availability of water as it controls the rates of …
Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) revisited: parameter fitting, evapotranspiration models, tools, datasets and drought monitoring
The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) was developed in 2010 and
has been used in an increasing number of climatology and hydrology studies. The objective …
has been used in an increasing number of climatology and hydrology studies. The objective …
[HTML][HTML] Assessing seasonal drought variations and trends over Central Europe
The relevance of drought is still often underestimated for temperate climate regions like
Central Europe that are characterized by on average ample precipitation. Nonetheless …
Central Europe that are characterized by on average ample precipitation. Nonetheless …
[HTML][HTML] A new global 0.5 gridded dataset (1901–2006) of a multiscalar drought index: comparison with current drought index datasets based on the Palmer Drought …
SM Vicente-Serrano, S Beguería… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
A monthly global dataset of a multiscalar drought index is presented and compared in terms
of spatial and temporal variability with the existing continental and global drought datasets …
of spatial and temporal variability with the existing continental and global drought datasets …
Accurate computation of a streamflow drought index
SM Vicente-Serrano, JI López-Moreno… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
In this study, the authors investigated an approach to calculate the standardized streamflow
index (SSI), which allows accurate spatial and temporal comparison of the hydrological …
index (SSI), which allows accurate spatial and temporal comparison of the hydrological …
Performance of drought indices for ecological, agricultural, and hydrological applications
SM Vicente-Serrano, S Beguería… - Earth …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this study, the authors provide a global assessment of the performance of different drought
indices for monitoring drought impacts on several hydrological, agricultural, and ecological …
indices for monitoring drought impacts on several hydrological, agricultural, and ecological …
Making the distinction between water scarcity and drought using an observation‐modeling framework
AF Van Loon, HAJ Van Lanen - Water Resources Research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Drought and water scarcity are keywords for river basin management in water‐stressed
regions.“Drought” is a natural hazard, caused by large‐scale climatic variability, and cannot …
regions.“Drought” is a natural hazard, caused by large‐scale climatic variability, and cannot …
Evaluation of six indices for monitoring agricultural drought in the south-central United States
L Tian, S Yuan, SM Quiring - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2018 - Elsevier
Drought indices are widely used for drought monitoring. This study evaluates the
performance of six indices (Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDSI), Palmer's Z-index …
performance of six indices (Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDSI), Palmer's Z-index …