Drought Assessment Based on Multi-Model Precipitation Projections for the Island of Crete

Vrochidou, A.-E. K.; Grillakis, Manolis; Tsanis, Ioannis K.

doi:10.4172/2157-7617.1000158

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“…Namely, the Standardized Drought Vulnerability Index (SDVI) and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Index (ESAI) [30,33]. Finally, the results of the present effort maybe highly correlated with the findings of similar research efforts on the field of drought impact assessment and the environmental sensitivity assessment in the island of Crete [85][86][87][88][89].…”

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“…The results of the applied methodology of the Water and Land Resources Degradation Index can be expanded to other regions with similar or different climates, since the index is developed using indicators from two tested composite indices, namely Standardized Drought Vulnerability Index (SDVI) and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Index (ESAI) [30,33,85]. Thus, there seems to be high reliability on the use of this index, because many applications are based on these indices, and may be found on global scale [29,30,[85][86][87].…”

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Evaluating the Degradation of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Environment Using the Water and Land Resources Degradation Index, the Case of Crete Island

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Natural resources degradation poses multiple challenges particularly to environmental and economic processes. It is usually difficult to identify the degree of degradation and the critical vulnerability values in the affected systems. Thus, among other tools, indices (composite indicators) may also describe these complex systems or phenomena. In this approach, the Water and Land Resources Degradation Index was applied to the fifth largest Mediterranean island, Crete, for the 1999–2014 period. The Water and Land Resources Degradation Index uses 11 water and soil resources related indicators: Aridity Index, Water Demand, Drought Impacts, Drought Resistance Water Resources Infrastructure, Land Use Intensity, Soil Parent Material, Plant Cover, Rainfall, Slope, and Soil Texture. The aim is to identify the sensitive areas to degradation due to anthropogenic interventions and natural processes, as well as their vulnerability status. The results for Crete Island indicate that prolonged water resources shortages due to low average precipitation values or high water demand (especially in the agricultural sector), may significantly affect Water and Land degradation processes. Hence, Water and Land Resources Degradation Index could serve as an extra tool to assist policymakers to improve their decisions to combat Natural Resources degradation.

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Assessing the effect of climate change on drought and runoff using a machine learning models

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2024

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Projection of Future Frequency of Severe and Extreme Droughts over Iran Country

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Haghighi

Rouzbahani

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Drought is one of the most destructive environmental hazards posing negative economic and social consequences. The country of Iran, which is located in the dry and semi-arid belt, is involved in many damages caused by drought every year, which makes it necessary to investigate. In this study, an attempt was made to investigate the frequency (number of occurrences) of severe and extreme droughts in the future. At first, the output of 10 climate models of the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was combined using a weighting method, taking into account the model error, being used as a scenario file for the statistical downscaling of climate data in the LARS-WG. In the following, using SPI index, the frequency of severe and extreme drought was calculated. Examining the frequency of drought in different groups showed that the number of severe and extreme drought events will increase in most of them. The results showed that most groups will experience a significant increase in the frequency of extreme droughts compared to severe droughts. The percentage of changes in the number of extreme drought events was observed in most groups above 60%. Group 4 stations, which receive the highest amount of annual rainfall, along with group 3, suffered the highest increase in the frequency of extreme droughts. Considering that these areas are the main agricultural poles in the country, increasing the frequency of extreme drought can create harmful economic, social and environmental consequences.

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Drought Assessment Based on Multi-Model Precipitation Projections for the Island of Crete

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Evaluating the Degradation of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Environment Using the Water and Land Resources Degradation Index, the Case of Crete Island

Evaluating the Degradation of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Environment Using the Water and Land Resources Degradation Index, the Case of Crete Island

Assessing the effect of climate change on drought and runoff using a machine learning models

Projection of Future Frequency of Severe and Extreme Droughts over Iran Country

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