I Introduction By linking climatic variations with the fundamental biological requirement of water availability , drought is a primary topic within applied climatology. Drought acts as a unifying climatological approach that provides valuable information for agricultural, ecological, and hydrological applications. While a lack of water is straightforward to comprehend and appreciate, a wide arr...

Increased frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events have negatively impacted climate-sensitive socio-economic sectors in Kenya larger Equatorial East Africa (EEA). Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) influence intra-seasonal variability over although less attention has been given to its effect on such as droughts floods, which increased frequency intensity. Outgoing Longwave Radiation (...

This study presents an assessment of projection and uncertainty drought characteristics (frequency DF, area Da) using three indices (Palmer Drought Severity Index, PDSI; Standardized Precipitation SPI; Evapotranspiration SPEI) in the humid subtropical Pearl River basin southern China during period 2021–2050. The is based on 13 CMIP5 general circulation models (GCMs) under Representative Concent...

We analyze interannual to multi-decadal growth variations of 555 oak trees from Central-West Germany. A network of 13 pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) and 33 sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) site chronologies is compared with gridded temperature, precipitation, cloud-cover, vapor pressure and drought (i.e., Palmer Drought Severity Index, PDSI) fluctuations. A hierarchic cluster an...

A statistical forecast methodology exploits large-scale patterns in monthly U.S. Climatological Division Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) values over a wide region and several seasons to predict area burned in western U.S. wildfires by ecosystem province a season in advance. The forecast model, which is based on canonical correlations, indicates that a few characteristic patterns determine ...