Improving operational drought definitions: taking them to basin scale

This research paper discusses the need for comprehensive drought monitoring to mitigate environmental, societal, and economic impacts, arguing that current operational drought patterns rely too heavily on hydro-meteorological or satellite data while ignoring regional factors such as perceptions, management, and demand.

• Current operational drought patterns are limited because they rely primarily on satellite or hydro-meteorological data and fail to incorporate regional properties, including demand aspects, management, and perceptions.
• The paper proposes establishing drought definitions at a basin scale to improve drought management, aligning with the principles of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) to better link drought and water management.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Improving operational drought definitions: taking them to basin scale. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/improving-operational-drought-definitions-taking-them-to-basin-scale/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Improving operational drought definitions: taking them to basin scale. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/improving-operational-drought-definitions-taking-them-to-basin-scale/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025improving, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Improving operational drought definitions: taking them to basin scale}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/improving-operational-drought-definitions-taking-them-to-basin-scale/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }