2009 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Physiological Drought – How to Quantify it?
verfasst von : V. Novák
Erschienen in: Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
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Drought as a phenomenon means deficiency of water – in general. It is used frequently, but its definition is usually qualitative and sometimes contradictive. Definition of drought from EncyclopediaWikipedia says ‘A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply’. According to Multilingual Technical Dictionary (ICID 1996), drought is ‘a sustained period of time, with insufficient precipitation’. So, drought is mentioned here as a ‘period’ of time.