Spatial-temporal characteristics of meteorological drought and its relationship with circulation indices over Songhua River Basin, China

• Published in: Journal of Water and Climate Change
• Main Authors: Jiale Xu, Xiumei Li, Jianwen Xue, Xiangzhou Dou, Wenqing Wu, Gaopeng Wu, Qiang Zhao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IWA Publishing 2024
• Subjects: drought; ensemble empirical mode decomposition; songhua river basin; spatiotemporal variation; standardised precipitation evapotranspiration index; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Soi; Global warming
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2024.016; https://doaj.org/article/17cf9f23122e4600bbb0f632f1143c49

Global warming has increased the risk of meteorological drought and associated hazards. Based on daily data from 35 meteorological stations in the Songhua River Basin (SRB) collected from 1960 to 2019, this study applied the standardised precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) and used the ens...