A Probabilistic Analysis of Drought Areal Extent Using SPEI-Based Severity-Area-Frequency Curves and Reanalysis Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Study Area and Data
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Categories | SPEI Values |
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Extremely drought | Less than −2 |
Severe drought | −1.99 to −1.50 |
Moderately drought | −1.49 to −1.00 |
Near normal | −0.99 to 0.99 |
Moderately wet | 1.00 to 1.49 |
Severely wet | 1.50 to 1.99 |
Extremely wet | More than 2.00 |
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Palazzolo, N.; Peres, D.J.; Bonaccorso, B.; Cancelliere, A. A Probabilistic Analysis of Drought Areal Extent Using SPEI-Based Severity-Area-Frequency Curves and Reanalysis Data. Water 2023, 15, 3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173141
Palazzolo N, Peres DJ, Bonaccorso B, Cancelliere A. A Probabilistic Analysis of Drought Areal Extent Using SPEI-Based Severity-Area-Frequency Curves and Reanalysis Data. Water. 2023; 15(17):3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173141
Chicago/Turabian StylePalazzolo, Nunziarita, David J. Peres, Brunella Bonaccorso, and Antonino Cancelliere. 2023. "A Probabilistic Analysis of Drought Areal Extent Using SPEI-Based Severity-Area-Frequency Curves and Reanalysis Data" Water 15, no. 17: 3141. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173141