Climate change impacts on meteorological drought using SPI and SPEI: case study of Ankara, Turkey

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2019-11-27

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MEHR, ALI DANANDEH
Sorman, Ali Unal
Kahya, Ercan
Afshar, Mahdı Hesamı

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Using regionally downscaled and adjusted outputs of three global climate models (GCMs), meteorological drought analysis was accomplished across Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. To this end, standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) were projected under (representative concentration pathway) RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 greenhouse gas scenarios. In general, our results show that Ankara experienced six severe and two extreme drought events during the reference period, 1971-2000. However, the projections indicate fewer drought events for the near-future period of 2016-2040, with no potential extreme drought events. While the RCP4.5 scenario showed that dry spells will be dominant in the second half of the near-future period, the RCP8.5 scenario projected that dry spells will be evenly distributed during the entire near-future period.

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Water Science and Technology

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67361

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HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES

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https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2019.1691218

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A. D. MEHR, A. U. Sorman, E. Kahya, and M. H. Afshar, “Climate change impacts on meteorological drought using SPI and SPEI: case study of Ankara, Turkey,” HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES, pp. 0–0, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67361.