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Agricultural Drought Indices - US Department of Agriculture

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<strong>Drought</strong> Indicator Expression<br />

After the assessment process, the resulting indicators were:<br />

-Basin subsystem:<br />

-Water transfer subsystem:<br />

-Global indicator<br />

Ve = 0,66*Run<strong>of</strong>f(annual)+0,33*water in reservoirs<br />

Ve = 0,33*Run<strong>of</strong>f(annual)+0,66*water in E+B reservoirs<br />

Ve = a*Ve(basin)+b*Ve(water-transfer)<br />

a, b depend on water rights given in each Sub-system (a=0,48; b=0,52)<br />

Once the indicator is established, an associated index is assessed (monthly) as follows: Index (Ie)<br />

varies between 0.5 and 1 when Ve>Vmed, and between 0 and 0.5 when assessed Ve>Vmed, as<br />

shown in Figure 8.<br />

Figure 8. <strong>Drought</strong> index assessment.<br />

<strong>Drought</strong> Severity<br />

Four levels <strong>of</strong> severity are defined according to the drought index value (Figure 9).<br />

Figure 9. <strong>Drought</strong> severity and drought index evolution. Updated information can be found at<br />

https://www.chsegura.es/chs_en/cuenca/sequias/gestion/index.html.<br />

Measures <strong>of</strong> the Segura River Basin <strong>Drought</strong> Action Plan<br />

Several types <strong>of</strong> measures have been defined:<br />

• Forecast, administrative, and management measures.<br />

• Operative measures, such as:<br />

o Measures to provide additional water resources (measures to enhance supply, i.e.,<br />

increase water resources).<br />

o Measures to reduce demands significantly (measures aimed at managing the<br />

demands).<br />

• Monitoring and recovery measures.<br />

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