Zoning Droughts By Standardized Precipitation Index in Esfahan Province (Iran)

zoning droughts by standardized precipitation index in esfahan province (iran)

the standardized precipitation index (spi) has become a popular measure of drought across the globe. in this study, standardized precipitation index (spi) was used in annual period of time to survey on drought. also, in order to zonation frequency of drought, geographic information system (gis) software and kriging method used for extracting dry areas. the zoning maps show most severe drought i...

Drought monitoring using deciles index standardized precipitation index and effective Drought index in tehran province iran

Analyzing Iran’s Local and Regional Droughts Using the Theory of Runs and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)

The primary objective of the present study is the investigation of the various properties of Iran’s local and regional droughts based on the theory of runs and standardized precipitation index (SPI). Thus, in order to accomplish this goal, the annual precipitation data of 63 synoptic stations were procured from Iran’s meteorological organization for a 30-year period (1986-2015).. First, based o...