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Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3461-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3461-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
Research article
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17 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2025

Monitoring agricultural and economic drought: the Australian Agricultural Drought Indicators (AADI)

Neal Hughes, Donald Gaydon, Mihir Gupta, Andrew Schepen, Peter Tan, Geoffrey Brent, Andrew Turner, Sean Bellew, Wei Ying Soh, Christopher Sharman, Peter Taylor, John Carter, Dorine Bruget, Zvi Hochman, Ross Searle, Yong Song, Patrick Mitchell, Yacob Beletse, Dean Holzworth, Laura Guillory, Connor Brodie, Jonathon McComb, and Ramneek Singh

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Droughts can impact agriculture and regional economies, and their severity is rising with climate change. Our research introduces a new system, the Australian Agricultural Drought Indicators (AADI), which measures droughts based on their effects on crops, livestock and farm profits rather than on traditional weather metrics. Using climate data and modelling, AADI predicts drought impacts more accurately, helping policymakers prepare for and respond to financial and social impacts during droughts.
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