Propagation from meteorological drought to hydrological drought under the impact of human activities: A case study in northern China

Yang, Xu; Zhang, Xuan; Xiao, Wang; Hao, Zengchao; Singh, Vijay P.; Hao, Fang

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124147

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“…Y. Xu, Zhang, et al. (2019) studied the impacts of human activities on the propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought in northern China and found that human activities accelerated the drought propagation. S. Z. Huang et al.…”

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Characteristics of Propagation From Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought in the Pearl River Basin

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Characteristics of Propagation From Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought in the Pearl River Basin

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“…Finally, we estimated the mean propagation time for all the drought spells, which provides a robust measure of drought propagation time at each location. Our approach to estimate drought propagation is different from the previously reported methods that are based on the correlation between SPI and SSI (Barker et al, 2016; Xu et al, 2019). The correlation‐based approach for the identification of drought propagation is not appropriate for the Indian domain due to high seasonality in precipitation.…”

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“…For SPI, SSMI, and SSI, the cumulative distribution functions obtained by fitting the selected distributions were mapped onto the normal distribution functions using an inverse of cumulative standard normal Gaussian function to represent a dimensionless index (Mishra et al, 2016). These indices have been widely used for the assessment of meteorological and hydrological droughts (Aadhar & Mishra, 2017;Mishra, 2020;Mishra et al, 2018Mishra et al, , 2019Shah & Mishra, 2020;Van Loon & Laaha, 2015;Vicente-Serrano et al, 2012;Xu et al, 2019). SPI, SSMI, and SSI can be estimated at multiple accumulation time scales, which can provide valuable information of drought at seasonal (1-3 months), annual (12 months), or longer time scales.…”

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Propagation of Meteorological to Hydrological Droughts in India

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Drought is among the costliest natural disasters that affect the economy, food and water security, and socioeconomic well-being of about 1.4 billion people in India. Despite the profound implications of droughts, the propagation of meteorological to hydrological droughts in India is not examined. Here, we use observations and simulations from a well-calibrated and evaluated Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model to estimate drought propagation in India. Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Standardized Soil Moisture Index (SSMI), and Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI) were estimated for 223 catchments in India to represent meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological droughts, respectively. We estimated drought propagation time for these catchments located in 18 major Indian subcontinental river basins. Internal propagation of hydrological drought was estimated using optimal hydrological Instantaneous Development Speed (IDS) and Instantaneous Recovery Speed (IRS) from onset to the termination. Indus, Sabarmati, and Godavari river basins have higher propagation time of meteorological to hydrological droughts. The high (low) development rate of hydrological drought is followed by the high (low) recovery rate for most of the locations. We find significant influence of Seasonality Index (SI) and Base Flow Index (BFI) on propagation time of meteorological to hydrological droughts in the Indian subcontinental river basins. Overall, understanding of drought propagation, development/recovery speed, and their deriving factors can assist in the management and planning of water resources in India.

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“…Accordingly, the hydrological drought lags behind the meteorological drought [9,10]. To explore this phenomenon, many scholars have conducted extensive research encompassing drought duration, drought intensity, and drought severity via statistical methods or numerical model simulation methods [11][12][13][14][15]. Zhao et al [16] investigated the variations in hydrological and meteorological droughts and the response of hydrological drought to meteorological drought at the Jing River of northwest China, revealing that the hydrological drought lagged behind meteorological drought by 127 days.…”

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Spatiotemporal Response of Hydrological Drought to Meteorological Drought on Multi-Time Scales Concerning Endorheic Basin

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Under the controversial background of “Northwestern China is gradually developing towards warm and humid”, how hydrological drought responds to meteorological drought at the endorheic basin is of great significance. To address this problem, we first analyzed the spatiotemporal variation of meteorological and hydrological droughts at Tarim Basin River from 1960 to 2014 by using the daily standardized precipitation index (SPI) and daily standardized terrestrial water storage index (SWSI) based on the reanalysis data. Thereafter, we explored the spatiotemporal response of hydrological drought to meteorological drought on the multi-time scale by using the cross-wavelet transform method, Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD), and correlation analysis. We find that: (1) both meteorological and hydrological droughts signified a gradually weakened trend in time; (2) meteorological and hydrological drought have significant resonance periods on the 10-month time scale and the 8-year time scale; (3) hydrological drought generally lags behind the meteorological drought by 7 days in plains areas, while it can last as long as several months or even a year in mountainous areas.

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Propagation from meteorological drought to hydrological drought under the impact of human activities: A case study in northern China

Cited by 162 publications

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Characteristics of Propagation From Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought in the Pearl River Basin

Characteristics of Propagation From Meteorological Drought to Hydrological Drought in the Pearl River Basin

Propagation of Meteorological to Hydrological Droughts in India

Spatiotemporal Response of Hydrological Drought to Meteorological Drought on Multi-Time Scales Concerning Endorheic Basin

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