Regional drought assessment based on the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI)

Tsakiris, G; Pangalou, D; Vangelis, H

dc.contributor.author	Tsakiris, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Pangalou, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Vangelis, H	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:26:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:26:59Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	0920-4741	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18317
dc.subject	deciles	en
dc.subject	Drought indices	en
dc.subject	Meteorological drought	en
dc.subject	Mornos river basin	en
dc.subject	Nestos river basin	en
dc.subject	Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI)	en
dc.subject	SPI	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Water Resources	en
dc.subject.other	Catchments	en
dc.subject.other	Climate change	en
dc.subject.other	Evapotranspiration	en
dc.subject.other	Precipitation (meteorology)	en
dc.subject.other	Rivers	en
dc.subject.other	Deciles	en
dc.subject.other	Reconnaissance drought index	en
dc.subject.other	Drought	en
dc.subject.other	Catchments	en
dc.subject.other	Climate change	en
dc.subject.other	Drought	en
dc.subject.other	Evapotranspiration	en
dc.subject.other	Precipitation (meteorology)	en
dc.subject.other	Rivers	en
dc.subject.other	drought	en
dc.subject.other	evapotranspiration	en
dc.subject.other	precipitation assessment	en
dc.subject.other	river basin	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Mesta Basin	en
dc.subject.other	Mornos Basin	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.title	Regional drought assessment based on the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI)	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s11269-006-9105-4	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-006-9105-4	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Regional drought assessment is conventionally based on drought indices for the identification of drought intensity, duration and areal extent. In this study, a new index, the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) is proposed together with the well known Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the method of deciles. The new index exhibits significant advantages over the other indices by including apart from precipitation, an additional meteorological parameter, the potential evapotranspiration. The drought assessment is achieved using the above indices in two river basins, namely Mornos and Nestos basins in Greece. It is concluded that although the RDI generally responds in a similar fashion to the SPI (and to a lesser extent to the deciles), it is more sensitive and suitable in cases of a changing environment. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.	en
heal.publisher	SPRINGER	en
heal.journalName	Water Resources Management	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11269-006-9105-4	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000245980100006	en
dc.identifier.volume	21	en
dc.identifier.issue	5	en
dc.identifier.spage	821	en
dc.identifier.epage	833	en