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 …

Very high resolution rainfall patterns measured by TRMM precipitation radar: Seasonal and diurnal cycles

M Biasutti, SE Yuter, CD Burleyson, AH Sobel - Climate dynamics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The TRMM Precipitation Radar is used to construct a high resolution (0.05°× 0.05°)
climatology of rainfall over the latitude band extending to about 36° North and South. This …

Evaluation of PERSIANN-CDR for meteorological drought monitoring over China

H Guo, A Bao, T Liu, S Chen, F Ndayisaba - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
In this paper, Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial
Neural Networks–Climate Data Record (PERSIANN-CDR) is analyzed for the assessment of …

SPI‐Based Spatiotemporal Drought over Sri Lanka

NS Abeysingha, U Rajapaksha - Advances in meteorology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is one of the most significant hazards in Sri Lanka. Status of drought in Sri Lanka
was assessed using Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) at 3, 6, and 12 months' time …

Monitoring the meteorological and hydrological droughts in the largest river basin (Mahaweli River) in Sri Lanka

U Senatilleke, J Sirisena, MB Gunathilake, N Muttil… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study assessed the meteorological and hydrological droughts and their relationship
over 30 years from 1985 to 2015 in the largest river basin (Mahaweli River Basin (MRB)) in …

Investigating drought over the Central Highland, Vietnam, using regional climate models

MT Vu, SV Raghavan, DM Pham, SY Liong - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Summary The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) has been computed based on the
monthly precipitation for different observed and modelled datasets over the Central …

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Agricultural Drought in Sri Lanka: 1881-2010.

T Gunda, GM Hornberger… - International Journal of …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
ABSTRACT A spatiotemporal analysis of two well-known agricultural drought indices, the
Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and the Standardized Precipitation Index at a 9-month …

China's regional meteorological disaster loss analysis and evaluation based on grey cluster model

N Xie, J Xin, S Liu - Natural hazards, 2014 - Springer
To evaluate the regional meteorological disaster loss of China, this paper analyzed the
different types of meteorological disasters, including droughts, floods, tropical storms …

Spatial-temporal variability of droughts during two cropping seasons in Sri Lanka and its possible mechanisms

S Shelton, FK Ogou, B Pushpawela - Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Drought management in Sri Lanka is mostly limited to relief provision due to the
shortage of scientific details to develop sufficient drought risk management. Therefore …

Interdecadal change of drought characteristics in Mahaweli river basin of Sri Lanka and the associated atmospheric circulation difference

Z Lin, S Shelton - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought at the river basin scale is vital
for water resources management. In this study, the interdecadal variation of drought …