Drought is a costly natural hazard with far-reaching impacts on agriculture, ecosystem, water
supply, and socio-economy. While propagating through the water cycle, drought evolves into …

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 …

Although rainfall is a major indicator of the availability of water, temperature is also an
important factor that can influence the availability of water as it controls the rates of …

The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) was developed in 2010 and
has been used in an increasing number of climatology and hydrology studies. The objective …

A monthly global dataset of a multiscalar drought index is presented and compared in terms
of spatial and temporal variability with the existing continental and global drought datasets …

In this study, the authors investigated an approach to calculate the standardized streamflow
index (SSI), which allows accurate spatial and temporal comparison of the hydrological …

In this study, the authors provide a global assessment of the performance of different drought
indices for monitoring drought impacts on several hydrological, agricultural, and ecological …

The relevance of drought is still often underestimated for temperate climate regions like
Central Europe that are characterized by on average ample precipitation. Nonetheless …

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 …

Drought and water scarcity are keywords for river basin management in water‐stressed
regions.“Drought” is a natural hazard, caused by large‐scale climatic variability, and cannot …