Severe droughts in North Africa: A review of drivers, impacts and management

M Tanarhte, AJ De Vries, G Zittis, T Chfadi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last 50 years, various parts of North Africa (NAF) have suffered devastating droughts,
associated with high socio-economic impacts. This arid to semi-arid region is one of the …

Climatological study of SPEI drought index using observed and CRU gridded dataset over Ethiopia

M Morsy, FI Moursy, T Sayad, S Shaban - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2022 - Springer
This study aims to investigate the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI)
using the monthly observed and gridded Climate Research Unit (CRU) dataset across 13 …

A hybrid drought Index for assessing agricultural drought in arid and semi-arid coastal areas of Southern Iran

Z Azhdari, J Bazrafshan - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2022 - Springer
Precipitation and seasonal streamflow are the two major sources of water for vegetation
cover in arid and semi-arid regions. A simple and novel hybrid drought index is presented in …