Flash drought is the result of strong precipitation deficits and/or anomalous increases in
atmospheric evaporative demand (AED), which triggers a rapid decline in soil moisture and …

The purpose of this work is to evaluate the applicability of five drought indices (Surface
Water Supply Index—SWSI, Reclamation Drought Index—RDI, Streamflow Drought Index …

The exacerbation of floods and the extension of droughts, attributed to climate change and
human-induced factors, are posing a substantial risk to communities by causing water …

Drought is one of the most common climatic or meteorological hazards and has
spatiotemporal characteristics that substantially impact the livelihoods and economy …

The quantitative description of meteorological drought from various geographical locations
and indicators is crucial for early drought warning to avoid its negative impacts. Therefore …

In recent decades, human activities such as the excessive production of carbon dioxide gas,
deforestation, overexploitation of natural resources, and so on have caused changes in the …

Abstract The European Space Agency (ESA) under the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) has
developed a multi-satellite global, daily Soil Moisture (SM) dataset that has paved the ways …

Drought indices are crucial for assessing and managing water scarcity and agricultural risks;
however, the lack of a unified data foundation in existing datasets leads to inconsistencies …

Vegetation is closely related to the variability of various meteorological factors. Due to the
spatiotemporally complex relationship between vegetation and meteorological drought, the …

The impacts of climate change increasingly show themselves in many forms in our everyday
lives such as heatwaves and droughts. Drought is one of the critical events today for …