Impacts of European drought events: insights from an international database of text-based reports

Stahl, Kerstin; Kohn, Irene; Blauhut, Veit; Urquijo, Julia; De Stefano, Lucia; Acácio, Vanda; Dias, Susana; Stagge, James H.; Tallaksen, Lena M.; Kampragou, Eleni; Van Loon, Anne F.; Barker, Lucy J.; Melsen, Lieke A.; Bifulco, Carlo; Musolino, Dario; de Carli, Alessandro; Massarutto, Antonio; Assimacopoulos, Dionysis; Van Lanen, Henny A. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-801-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-801-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-801-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

Research article

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21 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 21 Mar 2016

Impacts of European drought events: insights from an international database of text-based reports

Kerstin Stahl, Irene Kohn, Veit Blauhut, Julia Urquijo, Lucia De Stefano, Vanda Acácio, Susana Dias, James H. Stagge, Lena M. Tallaksen, Eleni Kampragou, Anne F. Van Loon, Lucy J. Barker, Lieke A. Melsen, Carlo Bifulco, Dario Musolino, Alessandro de Carli, Antonio Massarutto, Dionysis Assimacopoulos, and Henny A. J. Van Lanen

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

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RC C1785: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2015
- AC C2001: 'Reply to Referee 1', Kerstin Stahl, 12 Oct 2015
RC C2711: 'Strong contribution to drought impacts research', Kelly Helm Smith, 18 Dec 2015
- AC C2827: 'Reply to Referee', Kerstin Stahl, 28 Dec 2015

Short summary

Based on the European Drought Impact report Inventory (EDII), the study presents an assessment of the occurrence and diversity of drought impacts across Europe. A unique research database has collected close to 5000 textual drought impact reports from 33 European countries. Consistently, reported impacts have been dominated in number by agriculture and water supply, but were very diverse across other sectors. Data and assessment may help drought policy planning at the international level.