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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-889-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-889-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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01 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 01 Feb 2018
Searching for the optimal drought index and timescale combination to detect drought: a case study from the lower Jinsha River basin, China
Javier Fluixá-Sanmartín
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre de Recherche sur l'Environnement Alpin (CREALP), 1951 Sion,
Switzerland
Deng Pan
Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Changjiang Water
Resources Commission, Wuhan Hubei, 430010, China
Luzia Fischer
GEOTEST AG, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
Boris Orlowsky
climate-babel, 8047 Zurich, Switzerland
Javier García-Hernández
Centre de Recherche sur l'Environnement Alpin (CREALP), 1951 Sion,
Switzerland
Frédéric Jordan
Hydrique Ingénieurs, 1052 Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
Christoph Haemmig
GEOTEST AG, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
Fangwei Zhang
Bureau of Hydrology, Changjiang Water Resources Commission, Wuhan
Hubei, 430017, China
Jijun Xu
Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, Changjiang Water
Resources Commission, Wuhan Hubei, 430010, China
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Short summary
In China, droughts represent a severe threat to socioeconomic development and ecosystems. It is thus necessary to characterize these events in order to reduce and anticipate their impacts. This study proposes an innovative approach for a catchment-wide drought detection and characterization. Two overall drought indicators have been defined and calibrated with real historical events, which have been collected and cataloged.
In China, droughts represent a severe threat to socioeconomic development and ecosystems. It is...
