Quantifying spatial drought propagation potential in North America using complex network theory

G Konapala, S Mondal, A Mishra - Water Resources Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Droughts have a dominant three‐dimensional (3‐D) spatiotemporal structure typically
spanning hundreds of kilometers and often lasting for months to years. Here, we introduced …

Review of complex networks application in hydroclimatic extremes with an implementation to characterize spatio-temporal drought propagation in continental USA

G Konapala, A Mishra - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
The quantification of spatio-temporal hydroclimatic extreme events is a key variable in water
resources planning, disaster mitigation, and preparing climate resilient society. However …

Global droughts connected by linkages between drought hubs

S Mondal, A K. Mishra, R Leung, B Cook - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Quantifying the spatial and interconnected structure of regional to continental scale droughts
is one of the unsolved global hydrology problems, which is important for understanding the …

Spatiotemporal patterns and propagation mechanism of meteorological droughts over Yangtze River Basin and Pearl River Basin based on complex network theory

C Gao, L Liu, S Zhang, YP Xu, X Wang, X Tang - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigating spatiotemporal pattern and propagation mechanism of meteorological drought
is of great significance to develop early warning system for drought-affected regions and …

Complex network theoretic assessment of precipitation‐driven meteorological drought in India: past and future

VB Jha, A Gujrati, RP Singh - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spatiotemporal analysis of droughts is important especially for future climate scenarios. We
use complex network theoretic measures to understand spatiotemporal properties of …

Diagnosing drought using the downstreamness concept: the effect of reservoir networks on drought evolution

PR Van Oel, ESPR Martins, AC Costa… - Hydrological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
To effectively manage hydrological drought, there is an urgent need to better understand
and evaluate its human drivers. Using the “downstreamness” concept, we assess the role of …

Regional drought risk in the contiguous United States

T Apurv, X Cai - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we provide an outlook for regional drought risk in the contiguous US (CONUS)
in the near future based on ongoing drought trends, and assess its impacts on soil moisture …

Different drought types and the spatial variability in their hazard, impact, and propagation characteristics

E Tijdeman, V Blauhut, M Stoelzle… - Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Droughts often have a severe impact on the environment, society, and the economy. The
variables and scales that are relevant to understand the impact of drought motivated this …

Quantifying climate and catchment control on hydrological drought in the continental United States

G Konapala, A Mishra - Water Resources Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of hydrological drought events is a result of complex (nonlinear) interactions
between climate and catchment processes. To investigate such nonlinear relationship, we …

Integrated drought causality, hazard, and vulnerability assessment for future socioeconomic scenarios: An information theory perspective

D Rajsekhar, VP Singh… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Drought properties and the socioeconomic impact it makes are expected to increase in the
coming years due to climate change. Here we review the possible impacts of changes in …