The 'westerlies-dominated climatic regime'(WDCR) in the present interglacial period was
proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid …

This study aims to determine the reasons for the increase in the frequency of sand and dust
storms in the Middle East and to identify their sources and mitigate them. A set of climatic …

Quantifying the spatial and interconnected structure of regional to continental scale droughts
is one of the unsolved global hydrology problems, which is important for understanding the …

Study region This study has three spatial scales: global (0.5°), macro-regional, and country
scale. The database of drought events has specific entries for each macro-region and …

In drought-prone regions like Central Asia, drought monitoring studies are paramount to
provide valuable information for drought risk mitigation. In this paper, the spatiotemporal …

Owing to the rise in water demand and looming climate change, recent years have
witnessed much focus on global drought scenarios. As a natural hazard, drought is best …

Drought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world.
Together with an increased demand for water resources to supply the world's growing …

Abstract The Middle East and southwest Asia are a region that is water stressed, societally
vulnerable, and prone to severe droughts. Large-scale climate variability, particularly La …

In this study, 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40) data are used for the description of the
seasonal cycle and the interannual variability of the westerly jet in the Tibetan Plateau …

Global and regional trends in drought for 1950–2000 are analyzed using a soil moisture–
based drought index over global terrestrial areas, excluding Greenland and Antarctica. The …