Drought in South Asia: A review of drought assessment and prediction in South Asian countries

SSK Chandrasekara, HH Kwon, M Vithanage… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
South Asian countries have been experiencing frequent drought incidents recently, and due
to this reason, many scientific studies have been carried out to explore drought in South …

Spatiotemporal characteristics of meteorological drought variability and trends (1981–2020) over South Asia and the associated large-scale circulation patterns

I Ullah, X Ma, J Yin, A Omer, BA Habtemicheal… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
The present study uses observation-based gridded air temperature and precipitation
datasets to investigate the spatiotemporal changes in meteorological drought from 1981 to …

Modeling the future impacts of climate change on water availability in the Karnali River Basin of Nepal Himalaya

P Dahal, ML Shrestha, J Panthi, D Pradhananga - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
It's unequivocal that the global climate is changing, including the rise in atmospheric
temperature and variability in amount and pattern of precipitation, and the rate of …

Assessment of drought impacts on crop yields across Nepal during 1987–2017

K Hamal, S Sharma, N Khadka… - Meteorological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drought influences agriculture, hydrology, ecology and socio‐economic systems globally.
As agriculture is the primary source for livelihoods and contributes to~ 27% of Nepalʼs total …

Assessing spatiotemporal variation in drought characteristics and their dependence on timescales over Vidarbha Region, India

S Swain, SK Mishra, A Pandey - Geocarto International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, a detailed spatiotemporal assessment of meteorological drought characteristics
(viz., persistence, severity, and frequency) is carried out for the Vidarbha Region of …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of Drought vulnerability through an integrated approach using AHP and Geoinformatics in the Kangsabati River Basin

RS Alharbi, S Nath, OM Faizan, MSU Hasan… - Journal of King Saud …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the application of multi-sensor satellite archived data products and
ancillary data for the evaluation of drought vulnerability. The use of a subjective model …

Recent changes in drought events over South Asia and their possible linkages with climatic and dynamic factors

I Ullah, X Ma, G Ren, J Yin, V Iyakaremye, S Syed… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
South Asia is home to one of the fastest-growing populations in Asia, and human activities
are leaving indelible marks on the land surface. Yet the likelihood of successive observed …

Evaluation of drought propagations with multiple indices in the Yangtze River basin

MJ Um, Y Kim, K Jung, M Lee, H An, I Min… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explored the drought propagation phenomenon based on meteorological,
hydrological, and agricultural aspects in the Yangtze River basin (YRB), China. To evaluate …

Flood susceptibility modeling of the Karnali river basin of Nepal using different machine learning approaches

S Duwal, D Liu, PM Pradhan - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Karnali River Basin (KRB) comprises the longest river in Nepal, located south
of the Himalayas. Despite its high susceptibility to floods, the basin lacks detailed studies …

Unpacking future climate extremes and their sectoral implications in western Nepal

D Chapagain, S Dhaubanjar, L Bharati - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Existing climate projections and impact assessments in Nepal only consider a limited
number of generic climate indices such as means. Few studies have explored climate …