Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios

Y Tramblay, A Koutroulis, L Samaniego… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

Abiotic stresses impact on major cereals and adaptation options-A review

DJ Gaikwad, NB Ubale, A Pal, S Singh… - Research on …, 2022 - indianjournals.com
The production of major field crops, namely, rice, wheat, and maize, is highly vulnerable to
climatic factors and abiotic stresses. In the present era of climate change, abiotic factors …

A high resolution dataset of drought indices for Spain

SM Vicente-Serrano, M Tomas-Burguera, S Beguería… - Data, 2017 - mdpi.com
Drought indices are essential metrics for quantifying drought severity and identifying
possible changes in the frequency and duration of drought hazards. In this study, we …

Response of crop yield to different time-scales of drought in the United States: Spatio-temporal patterns and climatic and environmental drivers

M Peña-Gallardo, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Agricultural and forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
This article presents an analysis of the response of the annual crop yield in five main dryland
cultivations in the United States to different time-scales of drought, and explores the …

The impact of drought on the productivity of two rainfed crops in Spain

M Peña-Gallardo, SM Vicente-Serrano… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
Drought events are of great importance in most Mediterranean climate regions because of
the diverse and costly impacts they have in various economic sectors and on the …

Effects of climate change and adaptation options on winter wheat yield under rainfed Mediterranean conditions in southern Portugal

C Yang, H Fraga, W van Ieperen, H Trindade… - Climatic Change, 2019 - Springer
Projected warming and drying trends over the Mediterranean region represent a substantial
threat for wheat production. The present study assesses winter wheat yield response to …

Characteristics and trends of flash droughts in Spain, 1961–2018

I Noguera, F Domínguez‐Castro… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flash droughts are characterized by rapid onset and intensification, as well as major
environmental and agricultural impacts. In this study, we developed an objective method for …

The synergy between drought and extremely hot summers in the Mediterranean

A Russo, CM Gouveia, E Dutra… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In the last years a large number of weather driven extreme events has occurred worldwide
with unprecedented socio-economic impacts and are expected to increase, in both …

Accuracy assessment of the SPEI, RDI and SPI drought indices in regions of Iran with different climate conditions

AR Zarei, A Shabani, MM Moghimi - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2021 - Springer
Considering the impact of drought on agricultural products and human food security, the
selection of the appropriate drought index to assess drought conditions is very important …

Global assessment of the standardized evapotranspiration deficit index (SEDI) for drought analysis and monitoring

SM Vicente-Serrano, DG Miralles… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
This article developed and implemented a new methodology for calculating the
standardized evapotranspiration deficit index (SEDI) globally based on the log-logistic …