Water scarcity affects 1–2 billion people globally, most of whom live in drylands. Under
projected climate change, millions more people will be living under conditions of severe …

Highlights•Rain gauges networks in NEB tend to be deficient and scarce.•CHIRPS-derived
rainfall is validated against observations.•CHIRPS correlate quite well with …

The Caatinga semi-arid vegetation in Northeast region of Brazil (NEB) provides a unique
opportunity for studying the vegetation in response to recurring droughts, because of its …

Dryland expansion causes widespread water scarcity and biodiversity loss. Although the
drying influence of global warming is well established, the role of existing drylands in their …

The objective of this work was to investigate the relationship between soil water content and
rainfall with rice, beans, cassava and corn yields in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil …

Abstract Changes in land use and land cover in the Brazilian semiarid region have
intensified, due to climate change and anthropic activities, amplifying land degradation and …

The aim of this study is to examine the spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation dynamics and
explores relationships between rainfall and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) …

The Brazilian semiarid region (BSR) has faced severe drought over the last three decades,
which has led to a significant decline in land productivity, posing a considerable threat to …

India's climate is semi-arid, and most of the people in this country depend on agriculture. In
this article, we present the long-term relationships of the satellite-derived Normalized …

A 51-year dataset (1961–2011) from nine meteorological stations in the capitals of
northeastern Brazil (NEB), with daily data of precipitation totals and of mean, minimum, and …