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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1323-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1323-2021
Research article
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30 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 30 Apr 2021

Drought propagation and construction of a comprehensive drought index based on the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and empirical Kendall distribution function (KC′): a case study for the Jinta River basin in northwestern China

Zheng Liang, Xiaoling Su, and Kai Feng

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In view of the shortage of data in alpine mountainous areas and the difficulty of a single drought index to reflect all the characteristics of drought, this paper constructs a comprehensive drought index (MAHDI) based on the SWAT model and the empirical Kendall distribution function, which connects multiple drought elements. The results show that MAHDI can simultaneously characterize meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought and has strong applicability and comprehensiveness.
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