Elucidating Diverse Drought Characteristics from Two Meteorological Drought Indices (SPI and SPEI) in China

Li, Lingcheng; She, Dunxian; Zheng, Hui; Lin, Peirong; Yang, Zong-Liang

doi:10.1175/jhm-d-19-0290.1

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Elucidating Diverse Drought Characteristics from Two Meteorological Drought Indices (SPI and SPEI) in China

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Authors:

Lingcheng Li

Dunxian She

Hui Zheng

Abstract

Abstract This study elucidates drought characteristics in China during 1980–2015 using two commonly used meteorological drought indices: standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized precipitation–evapotranspiration index (SPEI). The results show that SPEI characterizes an overall increase...

Subject

Evapotranspiration

Precipitation

Environmental science

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