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“Between 2005 and 2015, an estimated USD 29 billion economic losses were associated with the drought (Trenberth et al., 2014; FAO, 2021).”
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“The PDSI takes this one step further by accounting for the balance of precipitation, evapotranspiration and runoff and has the ability to incorporate local soil and possibly vegetation properties, making it a fairly comprehensive and flexible index of relative drought (Trenberth et al. 2014).”
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Amplified intensity and duration of heatwaves by concurrent droughts in China
Shi, Z., Jia, G., Zhou, Y., Xu, X., & Jiang, Y. H. (2021) · Atmospheric Research · doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105743 · Cited by 98
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Dehydration Stress Memory: Gene Networks Linked to Physiological Responses During Repeated Stresses of Zea mays
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“2 uses the GPCC precipitation gauge analysis and upgraded emission and scattering algorithm and is considered as reference dataset in numerous climate studies (e.g. Sylla et al., 2013; Trenberth et al., 2013; Greve et al., 2014).”
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Geng, G., Wu, J., Wang, Q., Lei, T., He, B., Li, X., Mo, X., Luo, H., Zhou, H., & Liu, D. (2016) · International Journal of Climatology · doi:10.1002/joc.4356 · Cited by 92
“…drought indices have been widely used at regional to global drought studies from the perspective of climate variation (Zou et al., 2005; Raziei et al., 2009; Dai, 2011a, 2012; Sheffield et al., 2012; Spinoni et al., 2014; Trenberth et al., 2014; Vicente-Serrano et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2014).”
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Climate change reduces water availability for agriculture by decreasing non-evaporative irrigation losses
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Responses of Water Use Efficiency to Drought in Southwest China
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Relative water content consistently predicts drought mortality risk in seedling populations with different morphology, physiology and times to death
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Toward an Integrated Set of Surface Meteorological Observations for Climate Science and Applications
Thorne, P., Allan, R. J., Ashcroft, L., Brohan, P., Dunn, R., Menne, M. J., Pearce, P. R., Picas, J., Willett, K. M., Benoy, M., et al. (2017) · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · doi:10.1175/bams-d-16-0165.1 · Cited by 91
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Effects of climate warming on Sphagnum photosynthesis in peatlands depend on peat moisture and species‐specific anatomical traits
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The other side of droughts: wet extremes and topography as buffers of negative drought effects in an Amazonian forest
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Evolutionary trade-offs between drought resistance mechanisms across a precipitation gradient in a seasonally dry tropical oak (Quercus oleoides)
Ramírez‐Valiente, J. A., & Cavender-Bares, J. M. (2017) · Tree Physiology · doi:10.1093/treephys/tpx040 · Cited by 92
“It has been broadly used for spatio-temporal climatic characterization and global climate change studies (e.g., SánchezSalguero et al. 2010, Linares & Camarero 2012, Rigling et al. 2013, Trenberth et al. 2014).”
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Evaluating the drought response of CMIP5 models using global gross primary productivity, leaf area, precipitation, and soil moisture data
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“PDSI is based on soil water balance by accounting for water supply (precipitation) and demand (potential evapotranspiration); however, PDSI is a complex index that sometimes yields inconsistent results among alternative calculation methods [Trenberth et al., 2014].”
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Recent growth changes in Western European forests are driven by climate warming and structured across tree species climatic habitats
Charru, M., Seynave, I., Hervé, J., Bertrand, R., & Bontemps, J. (2017) · Annals of Forest Science · doi:10.1007/s13595-017-0626-1 · Cited by 101
“2015, see also Appendix 8 for the study samples), in a generally warm period increasing aridity at these latitudes (Trenberth et al. 2013).”
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Spatial-Temporal Variation of Drought in China from 1982 to 2010 Based on a modified Temperature Vegetation Drought Index (mTVDI)
Zhao, S., Cong, D., He, K., Yang, H., & Qin, Z. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17810-3 · Cited by 91
“(1), there is no drought when mTVDI is less than 0.”
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Drought in urban water systems: Learning lessons for climate adaptive capacity
Dilling, L., Daly, M. E., Kenney, D., Klein, R. A., Miller, K. A., Ray, A. J., Travis, W. R., & Wilhelmi, O. V. (2018) · Climate Risk Management · doi:10.1016/j.crm.2018.11.001 · Cited by 91
Consequences of psychological benefits of using eco-friendly services in the context of drone food delivery services
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Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Domínguez‐Castro, F., McVicar, T. R., Tomàs‐Burguera, M., Peña‐Gallardo, M., Noguera, I., López‐Moreno, J. I., Peña‐Angulo, D., & Kenawy, A. E. (2019) · International Journal of Climatology · doi:10.1002/joc.6350 · Cited by 90
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Global warming induced hybrid rainy seasons in the Sahel
Salack, S., Klein, C. M., Giannini, A., Sarr, B., Worou, O. N., Belko, N., Bliefernicht, J., & Kunstmann, H. G. (2016) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/104008 · Cited by 96
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Wang, Y., Xie, Y., Dong, W., Ming, Y., Wang, J., & Shen, L. (2017) · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · doi:10.5194/acp-17-12827-2017 · Cited by 96
“Drought is characterized by a prolonged period of precipitation shortage and soil moisture deficit in combination with high temperatures (Trenberth et al., 2014).”
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Hydrological Drought in the Anthropocene: Impacts of Local Water Extraction and Reservoir Regulation in the U.S.
Wan, W., Zhao, J., Li, H., Mishra, A. K., Leung, L.-Y. R., Hejazi, M. I., Wang, W., Lu, H. M., Deng, Z. D., Demissie, Y. K., et al. (2017) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1002/2017jd026899 · Cited by 93
“Several studies evaluated the potential influence of climate change on droughts (Burke & Brown, 2010; Burke et al., 2006; Dai, 2013; Lehner et al., 2006; Mishra & Singh, 2009; Trenberth et al., 2014; Wang, 2005).”
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Leaf Soluble Sugars and Free Amino Acids as Important Components of Abscisic Acid—Mediated Drought Response in Tomato
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“Thus, one of the most important requests in modern agriculture is to reveal the key metabolic pathways responsible for drought tolerance, enabling the breeders to avoid yield underperformances during water restriction [40].”
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Using soil-moisture drought indices to evaluate key indicators of agricultural drought in semi-arid Mediterranean Southern Africa
Watson, A., Miller, J., Künne, A., & Kralisch, S. (2021) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152464 · Cited by 90
The patterns, magnitude, and drivers of unprecedented 2022 mega-drought in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Liu, Y., Yuan, S., Zhu, Y., Ren, L., Chen, R., Zhu, X., & Xia, R. (2023) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acfe21 · Cited by 92
“The 2022 drought in the Yangtze River Basin confirms the statement that drought may be set in quicker pace with strong intensity in the context of global warming (Trenberth 2014, Wouters et al 2022).”
Past and projected future changes in moisture conditions in the Canadian boreal forest
Wang, Y., Hogg, E. H., Price, D. T., Edwards, J. E., & Williamson, T. B. (2014) · The Forestry Chronicle · doi:10.5558/tfc2014-134 · Cited by 90
Shift in potential evapotranspiration and its implications for dryness/wetness over Southwest China
Sun, S., Chen, H., Wang, G., Li, J., Mu, M., Yan, G., Xu, B., Huang, J., Wang, J., Zhang, F., et al. (2016) · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · doi:10.1002/2016jd025276 · Cited by 91
“…droughts (i.e., frequency, extent, and intensity) have been revealed to increase at both regional and global scales through different drought indices [Dai, 2013; IPCC, 2014], in which PET was involved; but there were still some uncertainties [Sheffield et al., 2012; Trenberth et al., 2014].”
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Effects of sea-level rise and freshwater management on long-term water levels and water quality in the Florida Coastal Everglades
Dessu, S. B., Price, R. M., Troxler, T. G., & Kominoski, J. S. (2018) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.01.025 · Cited by 90
“An acceleration in SLR is expected to increase coastal erosion, potentially replacing coastal wetlands with non-vegetated open water areas (Ellison, 1993; Ross et al., 2000; Todd et al., 2012; Trenberth et al., 2014; Wanless et al., 1994; White and Kaplan, 2017).”
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Authors: Trenberth, K. E., Dai, A., van der Schrier, G., Jones, P. D., Barichivich, J., Briffa, K. R., & Sheffield, J.
Affiliations: NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
University of East Anglia (GB)
Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author: Trenberth, Kevin E.
ORCID: Trenberth, Kevin E.
Dai, Aiguo
Jones, Philip D.
Barichivich, Jonathan
Briffa, Keith R.
Sheffield, Justin
Venue: Nature Climate Change
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2013-12-20
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 17-22
ISSN: 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
1758-6798
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2067
OpenAlex: W2108886061
Cited by: 3,382
References: 41
Citations by year: 2026: 299 · 2025: 317 · 2024: 360 · 2023: 347 · 2022: 397 · 2021: 399 · 2020: 332 · 2019: 243 · 2018: 232 · 2017: 170 · 2016: 148 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 1
FWCI: 71.19
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (acceptedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
Oskar-Bordeaux (Universite de Bordeaux) (submittedVersion)
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy (DESC0005689)
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/G018863/1)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Keywords: drought, climate change impacts, Palmer Drought Severity Index, evapotranspiration, precipitation data quality, natural variation, ENSO, La Niña, drought attribution, global warming

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