Observed trends in frequency and severity of meteorological droughts
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Created 08 Jul 2016
Published 20 Dec 2016
Last modified 26 Jul 2017
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Trends in frequency (upper) and severity (lower) of meteorological droughts between 1950 and 2012. Trends are based on a combination of three different drought indices - SPI, SPEI and RDI accumulated over 12-month periods. Dots: trends significant at ≥ 95%.
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Last upload:
- 07 Jul 2016
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Temporal coverage:
- 1950-2012
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Tags:
- climate change , key climate variables , precipitation , drought , water balances
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- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)
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Figure type:
- Map
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