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On regional drought estimation and analysis

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The main objective of this paper is to review the existing methodologies for the estimation and analysis of regional drought. As a first step, point drought methods are presented. Further emphasis is given to the definition and estimation of regional drought characteristics. Stochastic processes for simulating the time-space variability of drought, are presented. Finally, illustrative examples are shown and recommendations for further research are given.

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  1. Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Management, University of Catania, Italy

    G. Rossi

  2. IRSA-CNR, Rome, Italy

    M. Benedini

  3. Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

    G. Tsakiris & S. Giakoumakis

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Rossi, G., Benedini, M., Tsakiris, G. et al. On regional drought estimation and analysis. Water Resour Manage 6, 249–277 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872280

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