Drought Assessment based on Different Metrological Drought indices in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, KRG, Iraq
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Drought is a dangerous situation that lowers individual standards of living. It is considered a devastating natural event. This study intends to thoroughly examine the occurrence and characteristics of drought events in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate from 1985 to 2015. The study employed three standardized indices: the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), the standardized precipitation index (SPI), and the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI). These indices were utilized at different periods, namely 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. According to findings, the maximum percent of extremely dry highlighted in Sulaymaniyah and Dukan stations for SPI index and time scale three months was 48% and 30%, respectively; the maximum percent of severely dry highlighted using RDI index and time scale three months with 41%, 32%, 44% in Sulaymaniyah, Dukan, and Darbandikhan stations respectively. Results revealed that the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 saw a drought for the used indices, Dukan station has the maximum severity of 112.25 for SPEI12 for the event happened from Nov. 2007 to Sep 2015. The maximum durations were observed at Dukan station using SPI and SPEI as well, and Darbandikhan station has the highest drought frequency. The correlations of drought indices, using the coefficient of determination ( ) showed the lowest and highest agreement between SPI-SPEI and SPI-RDI, respectively. The findings revealed that water resources in the study area are at risk of depletion due to drought. Therefore, water management techniques are required to mitigate drought in the study area.
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