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Meteorological Drought Assessment in Sharjah, UAE Using Drought Indices [PDF]
Drought is a natural disaster that significantly affects environmental and socio-economic conditions. It occurs when there is a period of below average precipitation in a region, and it results in water supply shortages affecting various sectors and life adversely. Droughts impact the ecosystems, crop production, and erode livelihoods.
Oyounalsoud, MS +4 more
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Hydrological drought forecasts outperform meteorological drought forecasts
One of the most effective strategies to reduce the impacts of drought is by issuing a timely and targeted warning from month to seasons ahead to end users. Yet to accurately forecast the drought hazard on a sub-seasonal to seasonal time scale remains a challenge, and usually, meteorological drought is forecasted instead of hydrological drought ...
Sutanto, Samuel Jonson +2 more
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Meteorological and hydrological drought monitoring using several drought indices [PDF]
AbstractWith respect to the necessity of comprehensive studies on drought and also high damages that caused by drought, this research studied the meteorological and hydrological droughts. In this study, Lighvan, Navroud and Seqez basins with different climates were selected.
Hana Salimi +2 more
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Analysis of climate change characteristic of rainstorm in Chongqing in recent 45 years
Based on the daily rainfall data of 34 observational stations in Chongqing from 1971 to 2015, the climatological characteristics and changes of rainstorm days, intensity and contribution rate in Chongqing in recent 45 years are analyzed by using ...
Yi LIU +4 more
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Variation characteristics of extreme climate events in Southwest China from 1961 to 2017
Climate change is increasing the intensity of extreme climate events. Significant impacts of extreme climate events on human society and ecosystem have occurred in many places of the world, for example, Southwest China (SWC).
Chunxue Wang +4 more
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Study of meteorological drought and its impact on rainfed paddy productivity in Gunungkidul Regency [PDF]
Gunungkidul Regency is known as an area that often experiences drought. On the other hand, Gunungkidul Regency is also the regency with the highest amount of rice production in the Special Region of Yogyakarta Province.
Putra Qooi Insanu, Nurjani Emilya
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The evolution of meteorological drought under global warming is of great significance to drought risk management. Meanwhile, driving factors that influence hydrological factors and water cycle processes play an important role in meteorological drought ...
Shupeng Yue +2 more
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Wildfire events in southwestern China resulted in catastrophic loss of property and human life, and the localized wildfire risks show differentiated trends under global warming scenarios.
Yuanxin Xu +10 more
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Evaluation of meteorological drought indices using meteorological datasets
Abstract Drought indices are a suitable tool for management measures and dealing with the phenomenon of drought and are widely used worldwide. In this study, the drought indices of the SPI, CZI, ZSI, and MCZI in different monthly periods (1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 and 48) and the DI and PNI in different monthly, seasonal and annual periods in ...
mojgan Ahmadi +3 more
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Optimization of the Local Split-Window Algorithm for FY-4A Land Surface Temperature Retrieval
FY-4A is a second generation of geostationary orbiting meteorological satellite, and the successful launch of FY-4A satellite provides a new opportunity to obtain diurnal variation of land surface temperature (LST).
Lijuan Wang +3 more
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