{"title":"Evaluation of drought features in the Dakbla watershed, Central Highlands of Vietnam","authors":"Vo Ngoc Quynh Tram, H. Somura, T. Moroizumi","doi":"10.3178/hrl.15.77","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":": The drought impacts in the Dakbla watershed were assessed based on a combination of hydrological modeling and drought indices. Three drought indices, the Standard‐ ized Precipitation Index ( SPI ), Standardized Soil Moisture Index ( SSI ), and Streamflow Drought Index ( SDI ) were uti‐ lized to evaluate the drought features of meteo-hydrology and agriculture. The results indicated that these indices are well adapted to the local conditions, especially the 12-month time scale. Evaluations of drought features on the watershed scale could provide more specific information regarding drought risk than regional-scale/district-level assessments, because a watershed is a hydrologically fun‐ damental unit to consider water resources management. Additionally, evaluations of drought impacts using the SSI showed longer and higher trends than those using the SPI and SDI in terms of drought duration and frequency. Con‐ sidering the spatial distribution of drought frequency, the areas predominated by agricultural land in the target water‐ shed had higher drought risk. Thus, assessment of agricul‐ tural droughts along with meteo-hydrological droughts is extremely important to support realistic local drought man‐ agement strategies by considering water availability, water balance, and soil characteristics, especially in specific agri‐ cultural areas.","PeriodicalId":13111,"journal":{"name":"Hydrological Research Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hydrological Research Letters","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3178/hrl.15.77","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"WATER RESOURCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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: The drought impacts in the Dakbla watershed were assessed based on a combination of hydrological modeling and drought indices. Three drought indices, the Standard‐ ized Precipitation Index ( SPI ), Standardized Soil Moisture Index ( SSI ), and Streamflow Drought Index ( SDI ) were uti‐ lized to evaluate the drought features of meteo-hydrology and agriculture. The results indicated that these indices are well adapted to the local conditions, especially the 12-month time scale. Evaluations of drought features on the watershed scale could provide more specific information regarding drought risk than regional-scale/district-level assessments, because a watershed is a hydrologically fun‐ damental unit to consider water resources management. Additionally, evaluations of drought impacts using the SSI showed longer and higher trends than those using the SPI and SDI in terms of drought duration and frequency. Con‐ sidering the spatial distribution of drought frequency, the areas predominated by agricultural land in the target water‐ shed had higher drought risk. Thus, assessment of agricul‐ tural droughts along with meteo-hydrological droughts is extremely important to support realistic local drought man‐ agement strategies by considering water availability, water balance, and soil characteristics, especially in specific agri‐ cultural areas.
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Hydrological Research Letters (HRL) is an international and trans-disciplinary electronic online journal published jointly by Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (JSHWR), Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology (JAGH), Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences (JAHS), and Japanese Society of Physical Hydrology (JSPH), aiming at rapid exchange and outgoing of information in these fields. The purpose is to disseminate original research findings and develop debates on a wide range of investigations on hydrology and water resources to researchers, students and the public. It also publishes reviews of various fields on hydrology and water resources and other information of interest to scientists to encourage communication and utilization of the published results. The editors welcome contributions from authors throughout the world. The decision on acceptance of a submitted manuscript is made by the journal editors on the basis of suitability of subject matter to the scope of the journal, originality of the contribution, potential impacts on societies and scientific merit. Manuscripts submitted to HRL may cover all aspects of hydrology and water resources, including research on physical and biological sciences, engineering, and social and political sciences from the aspects of hydrology and water resources.