Meteorological Drought Analysis and Return Periods over North and West Africa and Linkage with El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Malak Henchiri, Tertsea Igbawua, Tehseen Javed, Yun Bai, Sha Zhang, Bouajila Essifi, Fanan Ujoh, Jiahua Zhang
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: ENSO; JPDF; meteorological drought; North and West Africa; return periods; SPI; Kendall; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234730

Droughts are one of the world’s most destructive natural disasters. In large regions of Africa, droughts can have strong environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Understanding the mechanism that drives drought and predicting its variability is important for enhancing early warning and disaster risk...