A quantitative evaluation of the issue of drought definition: a source of disagreement in future drought assessments

Droughts are anticipated to intensify in many parts of the world due to climate change. However, the issue of drought definition, namely the diversity of drought indices, makes it difficult to compare drought assessments. This issue is widely known, but its relative importance has never been quantit...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Satoh, Hideo Shiogama, Naota Hanasaki, Yadu Pokhrel, Julien Eric Stanislas Boulange, Peter Burek, Simon Newland Gosling, Manolis Grillakis, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Hannes Müller Schmied, Wim Thiery, Tokuta Yokohata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2348