A Nonparametric Multivariate Multi-Index Drought Monitoring Framework
Open Access
- 1 February 2014
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Hydrometeorology
- Vol. 15 (1), 89-101
- https://doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-12-0160.1
Abstract
Accurate and reliable drought monitoring is essential to drought mitigation efforts and reduction of social vulnerability. A variety of indices, such as the standardized precipitation index (SPI), are used for drought monitoring based on different indicator variables. Because of the complexity of drought phenomena in their causation and impact, drought monitoring based on a single variable may be insufficient for detecting drought conditions in a prompt and reliable manner. This study outlines a multivariate, multi-index drought monitoring framework, namely, the multivariate standardized drought index (MSDI), for describing droughts based on the states of precipitation and soil moisture. In this study, the MSDI is evaluated against U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data as well as the commonly used standardized indices for drought monitoring, including detecting drought onset, persistence, and spatial extent across the continental United States. The results indicate that MSDI includes attractive propert...Keywords
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