期刊
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
卷 32, 期 8, 页码 2611-2624出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-018-1947-z
关键词
Non-Stationary; RDI; NRDI; Drought; GAMLSS; Time-Dependent
资金
- Iran National Science Foundation
Traditionally, drought indices are calculated under stationary condition, the assumption that is not true in a changing environment. Under non-stationary conditions, it is assumed the probability distribution parameters vary linearly/non-linearly with time or other covariates. In this study, using the GAMLSS algorithm, a time-varying location parameter of lognormal distribution fitted to the initial values (alpha(0)) of the traditional Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) was developed to establish a new index called the Non-Stationary RDI (NRDI), simplifying drought monitoring under non-stationarity. The fifteen meteorological stations having the longest records (1951-2014) in Iran were chose to evaluate the NRDI performances for drought monitoring. Trend analysis of the alpha(0) series at multiple time windows was tested by using the Mann-Kendall statistics. Although all stations detected decreasing trend in the alpha(0) series, eight of them were significant at the 5% probability level. The results showed that the time-dependent relationship is adequate to model the location parameter at the stations with the significant temporal trend. There were remarkable differences between the NRDI and the RDI, especially for the time windows larger than 6 months, implying monitoring droughts using the NRDI under non-stationarity. The study suggests using the NRDI where the significant time trend appears in the initial values of RDI due to changing climate.
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