Barker, Lucy J. and Hannaford, Jamie and Ma, Miaomiao (2020) Drought monitoring and early warning in China: a review of research to pave the way for operational systems. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 383. pp. 273-279. ISSN 2199-899X

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Abstract

Geographic and socio-economic factors combined make China particularly vulnerable to droughts. Here we review academic literature to assess publication trends on the topics of drought monitoring and early warning in China, exploring the common themes and recent advances presented. Literature searches for the 1970–2017 period were made for a range of search terms relating to drought monitoring. It was found that publications on these topics started to appear sporadically in 1989 and have increased rapidly since the early 2000s,with the rate of publication increasing over the last eight years. The scope of studies varied, often with the spatial scale considered: at the national scale, studies focused on evaluating existing indices, while new indices were developed and tested at the regional scale – relating, in general, to monitoring agricultural and meteorological droughts. At the catchment scale, novel monitoring techniques were developed, often incorporating other data types such as modelled data or soil moisture measurements. National scale operational drought monitoring in China is currently being improved and updated. However, although operational systems are discussed in the literature, there is a still a disconnect between theory and practice with the most recent advances not yet operationalised. Here, we identify the methods and approaches which can be translated from the experimental case study scale to the national operational scale.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This research has been supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (grant no. NE/R000131/1)and the National Key R & D Program of China (grant no. 2017YFC1502406).
Keywords:	drought monitoring; China; early warning;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	17868
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-383-273-2020
Depositing User:	Corinne Voces
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2023 12:14
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Publisher:	Copernicus
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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