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Threshold level approach for streamflow drought analysis in the Central Andes of Argentina: a climatological assessment.
- Source :
- Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques; Sep2017, Vol. 62 Issue 12, p1949-1964, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- A streamflow drought climatology was developed over the Central Andes of Argentina, a semi-arid region highly vulnerable to climatic variations, based on the analysis of daily historical streamflow records. A threshold level approach was applied on a daily basis for three different severity levels in order to depict the main characteristics of droughts – number of drought events, mean duration and mean severity – over the period 1957–2014. Based on three annual indices that summarize the frequency of drought events, their duration and severity, we identified the main regional dry periods and the main modes of variability through an empirical decomposition. These modes are linked to La Niña conditions on inter-annual time scales and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation for the decadal variations, showing the influence of the tropical Pacific Ocean in the development of streamflow drought conditions and its relevance for potential predictability of hydroclimatic variations over the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DROUGHTS
STREAMFLOW
CLIMATE change
WATER supply
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02626667
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124975188
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2017.1367095