Exploring the link between drought indicators and impacts

Bachmair, S.; Kohn, I.; Stahl, K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1381-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1381-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1381-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 6

Research article

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30 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 30 Jun 2015

Exploring the link between drought indicators and impacts

S. Bachmair, I. Kohn, and K. Stahl

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Final revised paper (published on 30 Jun 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 15 Dec 2014)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C3408: 'Review of Bachmair et al. “Exploring the link between drought indicators and impacts”', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Feb 2015
- AC C3465: 'Response to referee # 1: reply addressing the raised major concern', Sophie Bachmair, 19 Feb 2015
  - RC C3499: 'Reply to author response', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Feb 2015
- AC C3643: 'Response to referee # 1: reply addressing the minor comments', Sophie Bachmair, 16 Apr 2015
SC C3597: 'Serial correlation', Cecilia Svensson, 30 Mar 2015
- AC C3648: 'Reply regarding serial correlation', Sophie Bachmair, 16 Apr 2015
  - SC C3653: 'Reply to author response regarding serial correlation', Cecilia Svensson, 20 Apr 2015
RC C3701: 'Comments', Albert van Dijk, 02 May 2015
AC C3711: 'Reply to referee #2', Sophie Bachmair, 05 May 2015

Short summary

There is little knowledge on the meaning of different hydro-meteorologic drought indicators for drought impact occurrence on the ground. This study investigates the link between commonly used drought indicators and text-based information on drought impacts through data visualization, extraction of indicator values concurrent with impact onset, and correlation analysis for the case study area Germany. The results demonstrate the feasibility of evaluating drought indicators with impacts.