Standardized Precipitation Index Based Drought Assessment over the North Western Zone of Tamil Nadu, India

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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Drought Vulnerability using the Standardized Precipitation Index (Case study: Semnan Province, Iran)

This study was conducted to identify drought event and its emerging regions in Markazi desert, Iran with focus onSemnan province in a 30 years statistical period. In this research, 61 stations having adequate data selected and usedafter extracting annual statistic from monthly and daily data. Standardized precipitation index values for each stationwere calculated and classified. The Results hav...

Outbreak of dengue in Tamil Nadu, India

Dengue is known in India since 1940s, but the disease is very limited in its spread. Dengue is becoming rampant in many states of southern India. As of now, no specific treatments (therapies) or vaccines are available against the disease. The people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where the dengue incidences are increasing, perceive this spurt as due to poor rainfall and power supply. We attempte...

Drought Analysis for Kuwait Using Standardized Precipitation Index

Implementation of adequate measures to assess and monitor droughts is recognized as a major matter challenging researchers involved in water resources management. The objective of this study is to assess the hydrologic drought characteristics from the historical rainfall records of Kuwait with arid environment by employing the criterion of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). A wide range of...

Geographical information system based study on Dengue and Chikungunya at Western Ghats districts, Tamil Nadu, India

Background & Objectives: Dengue and Chikungunya risk, based on socio-cultural and environmental factors and its possible spatial relationship to be investigated broadly. The aim of study is to explore epidemiology of risk factors of Dengue and Chikungunya prevalence and incidence, mapping the diseases prevalence in the year 2011for future planning containment measures in Western Ghats districts...