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Remote Sensing, 2015 An extreme drought event is usually a long-term process with different stages. Although it is well known that extreme droughts that have occurred frequently in recent years can substantially affect vegetation growth, few studies have revealed the ...
Xiang Zhao +6 more
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Methodology for development of drought Severity-Duration-Frequency (SDF) Curves [PDF]
, 2014 Drought monitoring and early warning are essential elements impacting drought sensitive sectors such as primary production, industrial and consumptive water users.
Abdul Jamil, Muhammad Mahadi +4 more
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Impact of extreme seasonal drought on ecosystem carbon‒water coupling across China
Advances in Climate Change ResearchWater use efficiency (WUE) is a critical evaluation indicator of ecosystem responses to climate change and its extremes. However, the influence of the timing of extreme drought on the variation of ecosystem WUE under severe water stress has not been ...
Meng-Tian Huang, Pan-Mao Zhai
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Precipitation patterns are expected to change in the semi-arid region within the next decades, with projected increasing in extreme drought events. Meanwhile, the timing of extreme drought also shows great uncertainty, suggesting that the timing of ...
Hui Zhang +4 more
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Extreme value analysis of wind droughts in Great Britain
Renewable Energy, 2023 Due to the growing proportion of wind energy in Great Britain’s energy mix, prolonged periods of low wind power generation have become a significant challenge for decarbonising the electricity system. As such, characterising drought severity and duration is important for ensuring the reliability of the electricity system.
Panit Potisomporn +2 more
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Effects of extreme drought on landscape pattern of Dongting Lake wetland, China
Ecological IndicatorsWith the change of global climate, extreme weather is happening more and more frequently. As a typical extreme weather, extreme drought seriously endangers the safety of wetland ecosystem.
Ying Xiong +7 more
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Trends and Spatial Patterns of Drought Affected Area in Southern South America [PDF]
, 2014 Based on 56 rainfall stations, which cover the period 1961–2008, we analyzed the presence of trends in the drought-affected area over southern South America (SSA) at different time scales.
Penalba, Olga Clorinda +1 more
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Coupled Above‐ and Belowground Ecosystem Stability Worldwide
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Are the worlds above and below our feet in sync? This global exploration reveals an entangled fate between above‐ and belowground ecosystem stability. It identifies arid regions as hotspots for this coupling and highlights temperature stability as a vital safeguard for maintaining ecosystem balance across our warming planet.
Zexin Meng +18 more
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Characteristics and prediction of extreme drought event using LSTM model in Wei River Basin
Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2021 As one of the natural disasters, drought has caused a large amount of financial loss in the past few centuries. It is quite essential to reveal the variation of extreme drought event in Wei River Basin (WRB) of China.
Dongfei Yan +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 The increasing frequency of global drought events poses a significant threat to the stability of grassland ecosystems’ functionality. The Inner Mongolian grasslands stand out as one of the world’s most drought-prone regions, facing elevated drought risks
Jian Guo +9 more
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