Articles | Volume 25, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1587-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1587-2021
Research article
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30 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 30 Mar 2021

A standardized index for assessing sub-monthly compound dry and hot conditions with application in China

Jun Li, Zhaoli Wang, Xushu Wu, Jakob Zscheischler, Shenglian Guo, and Xiaohong Chen

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We introduce a daily-scale index, termed the standardized compound drought and heat index (SCDHI), to measure the key features of compound dry-hot conditions. SCDHI can not only monitor the long-term compound dry-hot events, but can also capture such events at sub-monthly scale and reflect the related vegetation activity impacts. The index can provide a new tool to quantify sub-monthly characteristics of compound dry-hot events, which are vital for releasing early and timely warning.