North American megadroughts in the Common Era: Reconstructions and simulations

BI Cook, ER Cook, JE Smerdon… - Wiley …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
During the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), Western North America experienced episodes
of intense aridity that persisted for multiple decades or longer. These megadroughts are well …

Elucidating diverse drought characteristics from two meteorological drought indices (SPI and SPEI) in China

L Li, D She, H Zheng, P Lin… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
This study elucidates drought characteristics in China during 1980–2015 using two
commonly used meteorological drought indices: standardized precipitation index (SPI) and …

Drought evolution, severity and trends in mainland China over 1961–2013

N Yao, Y Li, T Lei, L Peng - Science of the Total Environment, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Droughts have destructive impacts on crop yields and water supplies, and researching
droughts is vital for societal stability and human life. This work aimed to assess the …

Drought indices: aggregation is necessary or is it only the researcher's choice?

MA Faiz, Y Zhang, N Ma, F Baig, F Naz, Y Niaz - Water Supply, 2021‏ - iwaponline.com
Drought is a natural phenomenon caused by extreme and persistent precipitation shortage.
This shortfall causes impacts on hydrology, agriculture, and the economy of a country …

Machine learning approaches for spatial modeling of agricultural droughts in the south-east region of Queensland Australia

O Rahmati, F Falah, KS Dayal, RC Deo… - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A quantitative understanding of the hydro-environmental factors that influence the
occurrence of agricultural drought events would enable more strategic climate change …

A global gridded dataset of GRACE drought severity index for 2002–14: Comparison with PDSI and SPEI and a case study of the Australia millennium drought

M Zhao, I Velicogna, JS Kimball - Journal of …, 2017‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
A new monthly global drought severity index (DSI) dataset developed from satellite-
observed time-variable terrestrial water storage changes from the Gravity Recovery and …

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 …

Determining and forecasting drought susceptibility in southwestern Iran using multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) coupled with CA-Markov model

M Mokarram, HR Pourghasemi, M Hu… - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Forecasting drought and determining relevant data to predict drought are an important topic
for decision-makers and planners. It is critical to predicting drought in the south of Fars …

Complex drought patterns robustly explain global yield loss for major crops

M Santini, S Noce, M Antonelli, L Caporaso - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Multi-purpose crops as maize, rice, soybean, and wheat are key in the debate concerning
food, land, water and energy security and sustainability. While strong evidence exists on the …

Space-time characterization of drought events and their impacts on vegetation in Central Asia

H Guo, A Bao, F Ndayisaba, T Liu, G Jiapaer… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the space-time structure and characteristics of drought is crucial for drought
risk mitigation and forecasting efforts. In this paper, the drought events are identified by an …