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Propagation of Drought: From Meteorological Drought to Agricultural and Hydrological Drought [PDF]

Advances in Meteorology, 2016
1State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China 2Department of Water Resources Management, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN Delft, Netherlands 3National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 815 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0988, USA 4Water Resources ...
Wang, Wen, Ertsen, Maurits W., Svoboda, Mark D., Hafeez, Mohsin   +3 more
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Transforming Agricultural Water Management Through the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Trends, Opportunities, Barriers and Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo, Cuthbert Taguta, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tinashe Dirwai, Stanley Liphadzi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi   +5 more
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Investigation of the propagation of meteorological to hydrological drought and water required to recover from drought over Ethiopian basins

Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2023
This study investigates drought propagation from meteorological to hydrological and streamflow required to recover from drought in four sub-basins: Genale, Tekeze, Awash, and Baro basins of Ethiopia.
Tegegn Kassa Beyene, Ankit Agarwal, Manoj Kumar Jain, Brijesh K. Yadav   +3 more
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The Drought Monitor [PDF]

, 2002
There is a need for improved drought monitoring and assessment methods in the United States. Drought is the most costly natural disaster [Federal Emergency Management Agancy (FEMA 1995; Wilhite 2000)], but it is often neglected by developers of ...
Angel, Jim, Gleason, Karin, Hayes, Mike, Heim, Richard, LeComte, Doug, Miskus, David, Palecki, Mike, Rippey, Brad, Stephens, Scott, Stooksbury, David, Svoboda, Mark D., Tinker, Rich   +11 more
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Mulching Increases Water Use Efficiency, Production and Profitability in Forage Cactus–Maize Intercropping Systems

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth, forage production, soil water balance, water indices, biological efficiency and competitive capacity of forage cactus and maize in monoculture and intercropping, with or without mulch. The experiment was conducted in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the cactus clone ‘Orelha de Elefante Mexicana’ (OEM ...
Kaique Renan da Silva Salvador, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz, Cleber Pereira Alves, José Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos André Alves de Souza, Agda Raiany Mota dos Santos, Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Jose Madson da Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza, Thieres George Freire da Silva   +13 more
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Projected Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Drought under Global Warming in Central Asia [PDF]

, 2019
Drought, one of the most common natural disasters that have the greatest impact on human social life, has been extremely challenging to accurately assess and predict.
Brindha, Karthikeyan, Han, Qifei, Li, Chaofan, Ma, Xiaofei, Zhang, Ruiwen, Zhao, Chengyi, Zhao, Xiaoning   +6 more
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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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Investigating the meteorological causes of hydrological drought through the integration of spatiotemporal cubes and interpretable machine learning: A case study of the Yangtze River Basin

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: Yangtze River,China Study focus: Climate warming and extreme weather events have intensified hydrological drought, especially at long-term and large scales, making the impact of meteorological factors particularly important.
Hongxiang Wang, Siyuan Cheng, Lintong Huang, Wenxian Guo   +3 more
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A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro [PDF]

, 2012
This in-depth study of the hydrological risks to hydropower dams on the Zambezi River gives an early warning about what Southern Africa could be facing as it contemplates plans for more large hydropower dams in a time of climate change.Currently, 13,000 ...
Richard Beilfuss
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Hydrological drought characteristics

In this chapter, you will find an overview of the most used hydrological drought characteristics and their derivation. This includes single low flow indices, such as percentiles from the flow duration curve; drought deficit characteristics derived by the threshold level method, such as duration and deficit volume, standardised indices, such as the ...
Hisdal, Hege, Tallaksen, Lena M., Gauster, Tobias, Bloomfield, John P., Parry, Simon, Prudhomme, Christel, Wanders, Niko   +6 more
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