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Identification of Dry Periods in the Dobrogea Region

Identification of Dry Periods in the Dobrogea Region

Silvia Chelcea, Monica Ionita, Mary-Jeanne Adler
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781466684386|ISBN10: 1466684380|EISBN13: 9781466684393
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8438-6.ch003
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Chelcea, Silvia, et al. "Identification of Dry Periods in the Dobrogea Region." Extreme Weather and Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Dobrogea Region, edited by Carmen Maftei, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 52-72. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8438-6.ch003

APA

Chelcea, S., Ionita, M., & Adler, M. (2015). Identification of Dry Periods in the Dobrogea Region. In C. Maftei (Ed.), Extreme Weather and Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Dobrogea Region (pp. 52-72). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8438-6.ch003

Chicago

Chelcea, Silvia, Monica Ionita, and Mary-Jeanne Adler. "Identification of Dry Periods in the Dobrogea Region." In Extreme Weather and Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Dobrogea Region, edited by Carmen Maftei, 52-72. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8438-6.ch003

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Abstract

The main objective of this study is to identify different types of drought (moderate, severe and extreme) in the Dobrogea region based on three indicators: the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), the Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and the Standardized Flow Index (SFI). The dry periods, from a meteorological point of view, were identified based on a drought index that takes into account only precipitation (SPI) and another one that takes into account both precipitation as well as mean air temperature (SPEI). To highlight the dry periods from a hydrological point of view we applied the procedure for calculating the SPI to monthly discharge time series, through the Standardized Flow Index (SFI).

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