期刊
WATER
卷 13, 期 22, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w13223197
关键词
hydrological drought; Standardised Streamflow Index; SSI; hierarchical clustering; seasonality
资金
- Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) [P2-0180]
- Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnical Engineering: Tools and Methods for Process Analyses and Simulations, and Development of Technologies
- Slovenian national committee of the IHP UNESCO research programme
The study found that in recent decades, the frequency and intensity of droughts in Slovenia have increased at most gauging stations and at all time scales considered. Spring and summer were identified as critical periods for water deficit. Drought is a regional phenomenon, with SSI values varying considerably depending on the chosen time scale.
Drought is a complex phenomenon with high spatial and temporal variability. Water scarcity has become a growing problem in Slovenia in recent decades. Therefore, the spatial and temporal variability of hydrological drought was investigated in this study by analysing the Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI). Monthly discharge data series from 46 gauging stations for the period 1961-2016 were used to calculate SSI values at five different time scales (1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months). The results indicate that the frequency and intensity of droughts in Slovenia has increased in recent decades at most of the analysed gauging stations and at all time scales considered. Spring and summer periods were identified as critical in terms of water deficit. SSI values vary independently from the location of the gauging station, confirming that drought is a regional phenomenon, even in a small country such as Slovenia. However, SSI values vary considerably depending on the time scale chosen. This was also confirmed by the results of the hierarchical clustering of the number of extreme droughts, as various time scales resulted in a different distribution of gauging stations by individual groups.
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