Drought Risks Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Index †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Concluding Remarks
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Station | Maximum Drought Intensity | Driest Year | Maximum Wet Intensity | Wettest Year |
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Dimitrovgrad | −3.358 | 1950 | 2.771 | 2015, 2021 |
Leskovac | −3.177 | 1959, 1964 | 3.004 | 1955 |
Nis | −3.809 | 1947 | 3.110 | 2005 |
Vranje | −3.227 | 1993 | 2.814 | 2010 |
Zajecar | −3.337 | 1993 | 3.231 | 2010 |
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Zeleňáková, M.; Soľáková, T.; Milanović, M.; Gocić, M.; Abd-Elhamid, H.F. Drought Risks Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Index. Eng. Proc. 2023, 57, 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2023057038
Zeleňáková M, Soľáková T, Milanović M, Gocić M, Abd-Elhamid HF. Drought Risks Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Index. Engineering Proceedings. 2023; 57(1):38. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2023057038
Chicago/Turabian StyleZeleňáková, Martina, Tatiana Soľáková, Mladen Milanović, Milan Gocić, and Hany F. Abd-Elhamid. 2023. "Drought Risks Assessment Using Standardized Precipitation Index" Engineering Proceedings 57, no. 1: 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2023057038