Performance of Drought Indices for Ecological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Applications
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract 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 response variables. For this purpose, they compare the performance of several drought indices [the standardized precipitation index (SPI); four versions of the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI); and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI)] to predict changes in streamflow, soil moisture, forest growth, and crop yield. The authors found a superior capability of the SPEI and the SPI drought indices, which are calculated on different time scales than the Palmer indices to capture the drought…
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Authors
9- SMSergio M. Vicente‐SerranoCorresponding
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
- SBSantiago Beguerı́a
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei
- JLJorge Lorenzo‐Lacruz
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
- JJJ. Julio Camarero
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Fundacion Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigacion y el Desarrollo, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
- JIJuan Ignacio López‐Moreno
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Evapotranspiration
- Precipitation
- Streamflow
- Agriculture
- Index (typography)
- Climatology
- Hydrology (agriculture)