Breaking Rossby waves drive extreme precipitation in the world's arid regions

AJ De Vries, M Armon, K Klingmüller… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
More than a third of the world's population lives in drylands and is disproportionately at risk
from hydrometeorological hazards such as drought and flooding. While weather systems …

Evaluating the spatiotemporal dynamics of agrometeorological droughts in semi-arid Gwayi agroecosystems (1990–2020) using multiple indices

B Chisadza, O Gwate, SP Musinguzi - Geomatics, Natural Hazards …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Climate variability poses a significant threat to smallholder farmers in the Gwayi catchment,
Zimbabwe. This study investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of agrometeorological …

[HTML][HTML] Growing soil erosion risks and their role in modulating catastrophic floods in North Africa

A Salhi, S Benabdelouahab, E Heggy - International Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
Intensifying hydroclimatic changes in North Africa are causing unprecedented floods,
droughts, and land degradation patterns that are increasingly associated with human …

Evaluation of the performance of meteorological drought indices in Morocco: A case study of different climatic zones

A Oubaha, V Ongoma, BA Hssaine… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding drought occurrence and evolution is important in minimizing the impacts
associated with it. This work assesses the performance of 10 commonly used meteorological …

Multi-scale drought variability over West Africa and the associated large-scale circulation patterns

AT Ogunrinde, P Adigun, X Xian, H Yu… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study addresses the critical research gap in understanding regional drought dynamics
in West Africa (WA) using advanced multivariate wavelet coherence (MWC) techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Drought Prediction Using Advanced Hybrid Machine Learning for Arid and Semi-Arid Environments

M Rezaei, MA Moghaddam, J Piri, G Azizyan… - KSCE Journal of Civil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drought monitoring and forecasting are crucial for efficient water resources management,
particularly in arid and semi-arid regions like South Baluchestan, a sub-basin in …

Physiological, Agronomic, and Grain Quality Responses of Diverse Rice Genotypes to Various Irrigation Regimes under Aerobic Cultivation Conditions

AMA Mousa, AMAG Ali, AEA Omar, K Alharbi… - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Aerobic rice cultivation represents an innovative approach to reduce water consumption and
enhance water use efficiency compared to traditional transplanting methods …

[PDF][PDF] Sentinel-2 MSI data for active fire detection in major fire-prone biomes: A multi-criteria approach

X Hu, Y Ban, A Nascetti - International Journal of Applied Earth …, 2021 - lirias.kuleuven.be
ABSTRACT Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) data exhibits the great potential of
enhanced spatial and temporal coverage for monitoring biomass burning which could …

Agricultural drought monitoring using Google Earth Engine: a study of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal

P Pradhan, S Patra - Modern Cartography Series, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent times, assessment and monitoring of agricultural drought has become a major
concern for dealing with climate change, food security, economic well-being, and resource …