Development of a Combined Drought Indicator to detect agricultural drought in Europe

This study proposes a drought indicator that combines the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), the anomalies of soil moisture and the anomalies of the fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR). Computed at the European level, the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) gives a syn...

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Main Authors: G. Sepulcre-Canto, S. Horion, A. Singleton, H. Carrao, J. Vogt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-11-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/3519/2012/nhess-12-3519-2012.pdf