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Spatio-temporal Changes and Frequency Analysis of Drought in the Wei River Basin, China

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  • Shengzhi Huang
  • Jianxia Chang
  • Qiang Huang
  • Yutong Chen

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This study has investigated the spatio-temporal changes of droughts from 1961 to 2005 in the Wei River Basin. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was employed to describe the droughts. The trends of SPI value at all the meteorological stations were calculated by using the modified Mann-Kendall (MMK) trend test method, indicating that the western basin has a significantly wet trend, whilst the eastern basin including the Guanzhong Plain has a trend towards drought . Since the historical droughts records were too short to fully investigate drought properties in this basin, a practical nonparametric method was proposed to calculate the joint probability distribution of drought properties, which overcomes the shortcomings of the univariate and parametric frequency analysis. The frequency analysis of drought in the Wei River Basin indicates that the Guanzhong Plain and the surrounding areas of Huanxian meteorological station have a high drought risks, whilst the western and northern basin except the surrounding areas of Huanxian station has a relatively low drought risk. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Shengzhi Huang & Jianxia Chang & Qiang Huang & Yutong Chen, 2014. "Spatio-temporal Changes and Frequency Analysis of Drought in the Wei River Basin, China," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 28(10), pages 3095-3110, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:28:y:2014:i:10:p:3095-3110
    DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0657-4
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