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Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering, 2021 The aim of this work was to analyze and statistically confirm the relationship between the computed daily values of the Effective Precipitation Index (EP365) and the measured moisture content of the topsoil of a research site near Nitra, Slovakia.
Rončák Peter +2 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Poverty involves both low income levels and high income uncertainty. Do both these dimensions of being poor capture attention in ways that distort decision-making and trap people in poverty? We examine these issues using real-life shocks faced by farmers in Brazil: random payday variation affecting income levels, and rainfall shocks that affect income ...
Lichand, Guilherme, Mani, Anandi
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Climate change projections from a multi-model ensemble of CORDEX and CMIPs over Angola
Environmental Research: Climate, 2023 Angola has been characterized as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Climate change compounded by existing poverty, a legacy of conflict and other risk factors, currently impede development and are expected to become worse as climate ...
Izidine Pinto +8 more
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Streamflow drought: implication of drought definitions and its application for drought forecasting [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020 Abstract. Streamflow drought forecasting is a key element of contemporary drought early warning systems (DEWS). The term streamflow drought forecasting (not streamflow forecasting), however, has created confusion within the scientific hydrometeorological community as well as in operational weather and water management services.
S. J. Sutanto +2 more
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Journal of Environmental Geography, 2020 The article discusses the causes and effects of the plague which is said to have spread over many Polish towns in 1507. The focus is on its possible causes, related to the occurrence of droughts and floods in Central Europe in the late 15th and early ...
Związek Tomasz
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Geosciences, 2018 In the wake of increased drought occurrences being witnessed in Sub-Saharan Africa, more localized and contextualized drought mitigation strategies are on the agendas of many researchers and policy makers in the region.
Muthoni Masinde +2 more
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Earth's Future, 2022 For many years now, studies on climate change impacts on continental hydrology have suffered from conflicting results between different approaches. On the one hand, studies relying on widely used, simple metrics of land water availability, such as the ...
Alexis Berg
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Probabilistic Evaluation of Drought in CMIP6 Simulations
Earth's Future, 2021 As droughts have widespread social and ecological impacts, it is critical to develop long‐term adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce drought vulnerability. Climate models are important in quantifying drought changes.
Simon Michael Papalexiou +5 more
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Increased Compound Droughts and Heatwaves in a Double Pack in Central Asia
Remote Sensing, 2022 Compound droughts and heatwaves (CDHWs) are likely to cause more severe natural disasters than a single extreme event, and they have been exacerbated by rapid global warming.
Chuan Wang +8 more
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The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2015 Although a good agricultural-yielding region when adequate rainfall is available the Little Karoo is plagued by regular, recurring and sometimes devastating droughts.
Wessel Visser
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