Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction

AG Pendergrass, GA Meehl, R Pulwarty… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Flash droughts are a recently recognized type of extreme event distinguished by sudden
onset and rapid intensification of drought conditions with severe impacts. They unfold on …

Causes and changes of drought in China: Research progress and prospects

Q Zhang, Y Yao, Y Li, J Huang, Z Ma, Z Wang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Drought is one of the most serious and extensive natural hazards in the world. Subject to
monsoon climate variability, China is particularly influenced by drought hazards, especially …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-scale daily SPEI dataset for drought characterization at observation stations over mainland China from 1961 to 2018

Q Wang, J Zeng, J Qi, X Zhang, Y Zeng… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The monthly standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) can be used to
monitor and assess drought characteristics with 1-month or longer drought duration. Based …

[HTML][HTML] 中国干旱事件成因和变化规律的研究进展与展望

张强, 姚玉璧, 李耀辉, 黄建平, 马柱国, 王芝兰… - 气象学报, 2020 - html.rhhz.net
干旱是世界上危害最广泛, 最严重的自然灾害之一. 中国地处典型季风气候区,
干旱灾害的影响尤为突出. 国际上对干旱问题已经进行了大量研究, 逐渐由对干旱的定性和表象 …

An improved daily standardized precipitation index dataset for mainland China from 1961 to 2018

Q Wang, R Zhang, J Qi, J Zeng, J Wu, W Shui, X Wu… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
The standardized precipitation index (SPI), one of the most commonly used drought
indicators, is widely used in the research areas of drought analysis and drought prediction in …

A general overview of the risk-reduction strategies for floods and droughts

TH Yang, WC Liu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water is a limited resource but essential to sustaining life and supporting economic
development. Only 2.5% of all the water on Earth is freshwater and can be used to meet …

CMIP6 projects less frequent seasonal soil moisture droughts over China in response to different warming levels

S Chen, X Yuan - Environmental Research Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Seasonal drought occurrences are found to increase across different regions over China
under global warming, but with large uncertainties among models. With ten selected …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of teleconnected land–atmosphere coupling on Northeast China persistent drought in spring–summer of 2017

D Zeng, X Yuan, JK Roundy - Journal of Climate, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Effect of Teleconnected Land–Atmosphere Coupling on Northeast China Persistent Drought in
Spring–Summer of 2017 in: Journal of Climate Volume 32 Issue 21 (2019) Jump to Content …

Maize Straw Return and Nitrogen Rate Effects on Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Performance and Soil Physicochemical Characteristics in Northwest China

DK Anning, H Qiu, C Zhang, P Ghanney, Y Zhang… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The average yield of fresh potato tubers per hectare is relatively low in China, partly due to
poor nutrient management. Chronic inorganic N enrichment leads to soil acidification, which …

[HTML][HTML] Drought reconstruction since 1796 CE based on tree-ring widths in the upper Heilongjiang (Amur) River basin in Northeast Asia and its linkage to Pacific …

Y Xu, H Zhang, F Chen, S Wang, M Hu… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
The economic and environmental impacts of persistent droughts in East Asia are of growing
concern, and therefore it is important to study the cyclicity and causes of these regional …