Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2111-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2111-2023
Research article
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15 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 15 Jun 2023

Analyzing the informative value of alternative hazard indicators for monitoring drought hazard for human water supply and river ecosystems at the global scale

Claudia Herbert and Petra Döll

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This paper presents a new method for selecting streamflow drought hazard indicators for monitoring drought hazard for human water supply and river ecosystems in large-scale drought early warning systems. Indicators are classified by their inherent assumptions about the habituation of people and ecosystems to the streamflow regime and their level of drought characterization, namely drought magnitude (water deficit at a certain point in time) and severity (cumulated magnitude since drought onset).
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