Catchment-scale drought: capturing the whole  drought cycle using multiple indicators

Gibson, Abraham J.; Verdon-Kidd, Danielle C.; Hancock, Greg R.; Willgoose, Garry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1985-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1985-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1985-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 4

Research article

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22 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 22 Apr 2020

Catchment-scale drought: capturing the whole drought cycle using multiple indicators

Abraham J. Gibson, Danielle C. Verdon-Kidd, Greg R. Hancock, and Garry Willgoose

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RC1: 'Title of My Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1 on “Catchment-scale drought: capturing the whole drought cycle using multiple indicator” by A.J. Gibson et al.', Abraham Gibson, 18 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review for the manuscript "Catchment-scale drought: capturing the whole drought cycle using multiple indicators"', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2 on “Catchment-scale drought: capturing the whole drought cycle using multiple indicator” by A.J. Gibson et al.', Abraham Gibson, 18 Feb 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Mar 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Abraham Gibson on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Mar 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Abraham Gibson on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2020) Author's response

Short summary

To be better prepared for drought, we need to be able to characterize how they begin, translate to on-ground impacts and how they end. We created a 100-year drought record for an area on the east coast of Australia and compared this with soil moisture and vegetation data. Drought reduces vegetation and soil moisture, but recovery rates are different across different catchments. Our methods can be universally applied and show the need to develop area-specific data to inform drought management.