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Long-Xiao Luo, Zhong-Yi Sun and Zheng-Hong Tan
Climatic seasonality has lacked research attention in terms of global tropical forests, where it impacts vegetation productivity, biodiversity, and hydrological cycles. This study employs two methods?climatological anomalous accumulation (CAA) and potent...
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Zhi-Weng Chua, Yuriy Kuleshov and Jessica Bhardwaj
Most existing drought forecast systems rely only on observed or forecast rainfall, losing valuable context gained from considering both. The lack of a direct link between observed and forecast rainfall reduces the physical consistency of a system, motiva...
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Patryk Hara, Magdalena Piekutowska and Gniewko Niedbala
A sufficiently early and accurate prediction can help to steer crop yields more consciously, resulting in food security, especially with an expanding world population. Additionally, prediction related to the possibility of reducing agricultural chemistry...
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Shu-Rong Yang and Li-Jie Huang
Slope disasters often include soil erosion and shallow landslides. These types of slope failure can occur in unsaturated soil. In this study, artificial rainfall is applied to a compacted soil slope in a laboratory to investigate the effects of rainfall ...
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Carlos G. Ochoa, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Jesús A. Prieto-Amparán, Hector R. Garduño, Feng Huang and Carlos Ortega-Ochoa
For this study, conducted in a semiarid (318 mm) rangeland setting in the Chihuahuan Desert region in northern Mexico, we evaluated the seasonal and interannual variability of precipitation, vegetation, and groundwater relations. Between 2012 and 2014, a...
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Ramesh Shrestha, Biplob Rakhal, Tirtha Raj Adhikari, Ganesh Raj Ghimire, Rocky Talchabhadel, Dinee Tamang, Radhika KC and Sanjib Sharma
Climate change and climate variability drive rapid glacier melt and snowpack loss, extreme precipitation and temperature events, and alteration of water availability in the Himalayas. There is increasing observational evidence of climate change impacts o...
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Tenanile Dlamini, Veeranun Songsom, Werapong Koedsin and Raymond J. Ritchie
Gaps in drought monitoring result in insufficient preparation measures for vulnerable areas. This paper employed the standardized precipitation index (SPI) to identify meteorological drought years and the Thornthwaite aridity index (TAI) to evaluate arid...
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Maria Simas Guerreiro, Eunice Maia de Andrade, Helba Araújo de Queiroz Palácio, José Bandeira Brasil and Jacques Carvalho Ribeiro Filho
Increased droughts and variable rainfall patterns may alter the capacity to provide ecosystem services, such as biomass production and clean water provision. The impact of these factors in a semi-arid region, especially on a dry tropical forest with Vert...
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André Attogouinon, Agnidé E. Lawin and Jean-François Deliège
This study assessed the performance of eight general circulation models (GCMs) implemented in the upper Ouémé River basin in Benin Republic (West Africa) during the Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change. Historical rainfall simulations of the climate...
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Mintesinot Taye, Dejene Sahlu, Benjamin F. Zaitchik and Mulugeta Neka
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of satellite rainfall estimates (Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations version 2 (CHIRPSv2) and Multi-Source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation version 2 (MSWEPv2) from 1981 to...
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