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Published: Građevinar 67 (2015) 1
Paper type: Subject review
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Comparison of different drought assessment methods in continental Croatia

Lidija Tadić, Tamara Dadić, Mihaela Bosak

Abstract

Drought is an extreme hydrological event that causes great economic and environmental damage. Various methods are used for the identification and quantification of drought. The analysis of five drought identification methods was conducted for continental Croatia on 15 weather stations in the period from 1981 to 2011: standardised precipitation index, deciles index, percent of normal precipitation, rainfall anomaly index, and threshold level method. Results have revealed that each of these methods has its specific features but that all are applicable for the area under study. There is a significant correlation between the standard precipitation index and the deciles index, rainfall anomaly index, and percent of normal.

Keywords
drought, percent of normal, rainfall anomaly index, threshold level method, deciles index, standardised precipitation index

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE:

Tadić, L., Dadić, T. ., Bosak, M.: Comparison of different drought assessment methods in continental Croatia, GRAĐEVINAR, 67 (2015) 1, pp. 11-22, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.1088.2014

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Tadić, L., Dadić, T. ., Bosak, M. (2015). Comparison of different drought assessment methods in continental Croatia, GRAĐEVINAR, 67 (1), 11-22, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.1088.2014

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Authors:
TADIĆ WEB
Lidija Tadić
University J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek
Faculty of Civil Engineering
DADIĆ WEB
Tamara Dadić
University J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Bosak WEB
Mihaela Bosak
Valenčak d.o.o
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