Drought, as one of the most complicated natural events, causes many direct and indirect damages each year. Hence, single variable identification and monitoring of drought may not be appropriate enough for decision-making and management. In this study, in order to monitor the meteorological-agricultural drought in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Multivariate Standardized Drought Index (MSDI)...

Introduction Drought as one of the most dangerous natural disaster, a wide range of climates and ecosystems, impact and threat to households and communities that depend for livelihood is agriculture. The consequences of the drought could lead to instability rural livelihoods. Dolatabad district in the central city of Jiroft in Kerman province, including rural areas, the incidence of consecutive...

Drought is one of the most complex natural hazards that affect natural systems and different parts of an ecosystem in various ways. Evaluation of drought behavior such as determining the time of its occurrence, understanding the relationships between types of drought, and recognizing its characteristics such as magnitude, severity, and duration of drought periods can be an important aid in wate...

INTRODUCTION Hydrologic drought in the sense of deficient river flow is defined as the periods that river flow does not meet the needs of planned programs for system management. Drought is generally considered as periods with insignificant precipitation, soil moisture and water resources for sustaining and supplying the socioeconomic activities of a region. Thus, it is difficult to give a univ...