Drought is a recurring natural phenomenon that has plagued the civilization throughout its
history. Due to the complex nature and widespread impacts of drought, there is a lack of …

East Asia is greatly impacted by drought. North and southwest China are the regions with
the highest drought frequency and maximum duration. At the interannual time scale, drought …

Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Water scarcity has become a major issue to sustainable development. It can be estimated by
available fresh water resources and human water withdrawal, which are affected by both …

We project drought losses in China under global temperature increase of 1.5° C and 2.0° C,
based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and the Palmer …

Accurate estimation of drought events is vital for the mitigation of their adverse
consequences on water resources, agriculture and ecosystems. Machine learning …

The global climate is noticeably warming, and drought occurs frequently. Therefore,
choosing a suitable index for drought monitoring is particularly important. The standardized …

This study elucidates drought characteristics in China during 1980–2015 using two
commonly used meteorological drought indices: standardized precipitation index (SPI) and …

It is important to investigate the propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought and
its potential influence factors, which helps to reveal drought propagation process, thereby …

Abstract The 2009/2010 drought in Southwest China was a “once in a century drought”
event. This drought event had strong adverse impacts, such as water scarcity, crop failure …