[HTML][HTML] An overview of monitoring methods for assessing the performance of nature-based solutions against natural hazards

P Kumar, SE Debele, J Sahani, N Rawat… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
To bring to fruition the capability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in mitigating hydro-
meteorological risks (HMRs) and facilitate their widespread uptake require a consolidated …

[HTML][HTML] The drought regime in southern africa: a systematic review

FM Chivangulula, M Amraoui, MG Pereira - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drought is one natural disaster with the greatest impact worldwide. Southern Africa (SA) is
susceptible and vulnerable to drought due to its type of climate. In the last four decades …

[HTML][HTML] Future drought characteristics through a multi-model ensemble from CMIP6 over South Asia

J Zhai, SK Mondal, T Fischer, Y Wang, B Su… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
To characterize future drought events over a drought prone area like South Asia is
paramount for drought risk mitigation. In this paper, a five-model ensemble mean from …

[HTML][HTML] Drought characteristics and its elevation dependence in the Qinghai–Tibet plateau during the last half-century

W Feng, H Lu, T Yao, Q Yu - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Associated with global warming, drought has destructive influences on agriculture and
ecosystems, especially in the fragile Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). This study investigated …

Water scarcity in the Yellow River Basin under future climate change and human activities

A Omer, NA Elagib, M Zhuguo, F Saleem… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Under global climate change and pressure from human activities, water scarcity is becoming
a major concern in the quest for regional sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin …

Revisiting the cumulative effects of drought on global gross primary productivity based on new long‐term series data (1982–2018)

Z Zhang, W Ju, Y Zhou, X Li - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drought has broad and deep impacts on vegetation. Studies on the effects of drought on
vegetation have been conducted over years. Recently, the cumulative effect of drought is …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating diverse drought characteristics from two meteorological drought indices (SPI and SPEI) in China

L Li, D She, H Zheng, P Lin… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study elucidates drought characteristics in China during 1980–2015 using two
commonly used meteorological drought indices: standardized precipitation index (SPI) and …

Projections of drought characteristics in China based on a standardized precipitation and evapotranspiration index and multiple GCMs

N Yao, L Li, P Feng, H Feng, D Li Liu, Y Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Droughts have destructive impacts on agricultural production; thus, drought projections are
vital for the development of future drought mitigation strategies. This work aimed to project a …

Monitoring drought using composite drought indices based on remote sensing

Q Liu, S Zhang, H Zhang, Y Bai, J Zhang - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Drought is one of the most frequent disasters occurring in North China and has a great
influence on agriculture, ecology and economy. To monitor drought of typical dry areas in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of multi-temporal scale drought on vegetation dynamics in Inner Mongolia from 1982 to 2015, China

S Wang, R Li, Y Wu, S Zhao - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change is causing severe changes in the ecosystem, thus understanding how
plants respond to drought is essential to protecting ecosystems in Inner Mongolia. Multi …