Climate projections are a powerful tool that can help decision makers to timely prepare
adaptation policies, which may then be efficiently implemented. In this study, a comprehensive …

Drought is one of the most complex and harmful natural disasters. A study on the temporal
and spatial patterns and the evolution of drought can provide a scientific basis for predicting …

Drought, a complex phenomenon exacerbated by climate change, is influenced by various
climate factors. The escalating global temperatures associated with climate change, impact …

The Vegetation Health Index (VHI) has been widely used for monitoring and characterising
droughts. This index takes into account ecosystem features in terms of fluctuations between …

The future state of drought in China under climate change remains uncertain. This study
investigates drought events, focusing on the region of China, using simulations from five global …

Due to global warming, drought events have become more frequent, which resulted in
aggravated crop failures, food shortage, larger and more energetic wildfires, and have seriously …

Highlights Two drought indices (SPEI and VPD) were used to characterize the degree of
dryness/wetness. The water deficit represented by two drought indices was mostly negatively …

The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites’ (EUMETSAT)
Meteosat satellites provide the unique opportunity to compile a 30+ year land surface …

Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration
Index (SPEI), traditionally derived at a monthly scale, are widely used drought indices. To …

The impact of climate change on wheat and barley yields in two regions of the Iberian
Peninsula is here examined. Regression models are developed by using EURO-CORDEX …