TY - GEN
T1 - Characteristics and drivers of drought in Europe-a summary of the DROUGHT-R&SPI project
AU - Tallaksen, Lena M.
AU - Stagge, James H.
AU - Stahl, Kerstin
AU - Gudmundsson, Lukas
AU - Orth, Rene
AU - Seneviratne, Sonia I.
AU - van Loon, Anne F.
AU - van Lanen, Henny A.J.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - A prerequisite to mitigate the wide range of drought impacts is to establish a good understanding of the drought generating mechanisms from their initiation as a meteorological drought through to their development as soil moisture and hydrological drought. The DROUGHT-R&SPI project has contributed to increased understanding of: (i) drought as a natural hazard through analysis of historical large-scale droughts in Europe, (ii) drought-controlling mechanisms for various scales, including large-scale climate drivers and local-scale processes, (iii) the potential for drought early warning and forecasting, and (iv) suitable drought indicators. The results provide new insight into key characteristics and drivers of major historical droughts as well as projected future drought. The paper summarises the main outcomes of these studies and identifies further research needs.
AB - A prerequisite to mitigate the wide range of drought impacts is to establish a good understanding of the drought generating mechanisms from their initiation as a meteorological drought through to their development as soil moisture and hydrological drought. The DROUGHT-R&SPI project has contributed to increased understanding of: (i) drought as a natural hazard through analysis of historical large-scale droughts in Europe, (ii) drought-controlling mechanisms for various scales, including large-scale climate drivers and local-scale processes, (iii) the potential for drought early warning and forecasting, and (iv) suitable drought indicators. The results provide new insight into key characteristics and drivers of major historical droughts as well as projected future drought. The paper summarises the main outcomes of these studies and identifies further research needs.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84941551910
T3 - Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing - Proceedings of the International Conference on Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing
SP - 15
EP - 22
BT - Drought
A2 - Andreu, Joaquín
A2 - Solera, Abel
A2 - Paredes-Arquiola, Javier
A2 - Haro-Monteagudo, David
A2 - van Lanen, Henny A.J.
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
T2 - International Conference on Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing, 2015
Y2 - 10 March 2015 through 13 March 2015
ER -