Hydrological drought explained

AF Van Loon - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways.
Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …

Has streamflow changed in the Nordic countries?–Recent trends and comparisons to hydrological projections

D Wilson, H Hisdal, D Lawrence - Journal of Hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
A pan-Nordic dataset of 151 streamflow records was analysed to detect spatial and temporal
changes in streamflow. Prior to undertaking analyses, all streamflow records with significant …

[HTML][HTML] Heatwaves, droughts, and fires: Exploring compound and cascading dry hazards at the pan-European scale

SJ Sutanto, C Vitolo, C Di Napoli, M D'Andrea… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Compound and cascading natural hazards usually cause more severe impacts than any of
the single hazard events alone. Despite the significant impacts of compound hazards, many …

From meteorological to hydrological drought using standardised indicators

LJ Barker, J Hannaford, A Chiverton… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
Drought monitoring and early warning (M & EW) systems are a crucial component of drought
preparedness. M & EW systems typically make use of drought indicators such as the …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrological drought severity explained by climate and catchment characteristics

AF Van Loon, G Laaha - Journal of hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Impacts of a drought are generally dependent on the severity of the hydrological drought
event, which can be expressed by streamflow drought duration or deficit volume. For …

Climate change impacts on meteorological, agricultural and hydrological droughts in China

G Leng, Q Tang, S Rayburg - Global and Planetary Change, 2015 - Elsevier
Bias corrected daily climate projections from five global circulation models (GCMs) under the
RCP8. 5 emission scenarios were fed into a calibrated Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) …

Human and climate impacts on the 21st century hydrological drought

N Wanders, Y Wada - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Climate change will very likely impact future hydrological drought characteristics across the
world. Here, we quantify the impact of human water use including reservoir regulation and …

Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change

LP Hoang, H Lauri, M Kummu… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
Climate change poses critical threats to water-related safety and sustainability in the
Mekong River basin. Hydrological impact signals from earlier Coupled Model …

A process-based typology of hydrological drought

AF Van Loon, HAJ Van Lanen - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
Hydrological drought events have very different causes and effects. Classifying these events
into distinct types can be useful for both science and management. We propose a …

Making the distinction between water scarcity and drought using an observation‐modeling framework

AF Van Loon, HAJ Van Lanen - Water Resources Research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Drought and water scarcity are keywords for river basin management in water‐stressed
regions.“Drought” is a natural hazard, caused by large‐scale climatic variability, and cannot …