Status and prospects for drought forecasting: Opportunities in artificial intelligence and hybrid physical–statistical forecasting

A AghaKouchak, B Pan… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite major improvements in weather and climate modelling and substantial increases in
remotely sensed observations, drought prediction remains a major challenge. After a review …

Climate risks resilience development: A bibliometric analysis of climate-related early warning Systems in Southern Africa

IE Agbehadji, S Schütte, M Masinde, J Botai… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
Early warning systems (EWS) facilitate societies' preparedness and effective response
capabilities to climate risks. Climate risks embody hazards, exposure, and vulnerability …

Spatio-temporal analysis of drought in Southern Italy: a combined clustering-forecasting approach based on SPEI index and artificial intelligence algorithms

F Di Nunno, F Granata - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk …, 2023 - Springer
A reliable prediction of the spatio-temporal drought variation can lead to a reduction in
vulnerability and an improvement in the management of drought-dependent businesses. In …

A new regionalization of rainfall patterns based on wavelet transform information and hierarchical cluster analysis in northeastern Algeria

B Zerouali, M Chettih, Z Abda, M Mesbah… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Due to its geographical location, Algeria is characterized by high spatiotemporal rainfall
variability. In this study, data from 69 rain gauges located in representative humid, semiarid …

Assessing the probability of drought severity in a homogeneous region

R Niaz, MMA Almazah, I Hussain, JDP Filho… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The standardized precipitation index (SPI) is one of the most widely used indices for
characterizing and monitoring drought in various regions. SPI's applicability has regional …

Bayesian network based procedure for regional drought monitoring: the seasonally combinative regional drought indicator

Z Ali, I Hussain, MA Grzegorczyk, G Ni, M Faisal… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drought is a complex natural hazard. It occurs due to a prolonged period of deficient in
rainfall amount in a certain region. Unlike other natural hazards, drought hazard has a …

Identification of rainfall homogenous regions in Saudi Arabia for experimenting and improving trend detection techniques

J Mallick, S Talukdar, MK Almesfer, M Alsubih… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract In Saudi Arabia, identifying homogenous zones based on rainfall patterns is critical
for ensuring a predictable and stable water resource and agriculture management strategy …

A generalized procedure for joint monitoring and probabilistic quantification of extreme climate events at regional level

A Batool, Z Ali, M Mohsin, M Shakeel - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Droughts and heat waves are currently recognized as two of the most serious threats
associated with climate changes. Drought is characterized by prolonged dry periods, low …

A novel spatially weighted accumulative procedure for regional drought monitoring

R Niaz, I Hussain, Z Ali, M Faisal… - Tellus A: Dynamic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A variety of drought monitoring tools are being used for early warning systems and
formulating drought mitigation policies. Standardized Drought Indices (SDI) are the most …

A new comprehensive approach for regional drought monitoring

R Niaz, MMA Almazah, I Hussain, M Faisal… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Abstract The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is a vital component of meteorological
drought. Several researchers have been using SPI in their studies to develop new …