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Research Article

Regional drought assessment using improved precipitation records under auxiliary information

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Pages 1-26 | Received 08 Oct 2019, Accepted 18 May 2020, Published online: 15 Jul 2020

Figures & data

Fig. 1. Map of the selected regions.

Fig. 1. Map of the selected regions.

Table 1. Statistics of the selected stations.

Fig. 2. Flow chart. Precipitation (P), Average Temperature (AT), Correlation coefficient (r), Product Estimator (PE), Regression Estimator (RE), Improved Precipitation (IP), Probability Distributions (PDs).

Fig. 2. Flow chart. Precipitation (P), Average Temperature (AT), Correlation coefficient (r), Product Estimator (PE), Regression Estimator (RE), Improved Precipitation (IP), Probability Distributions (PDs).

Table 2. Categories of SPI and RIWSDI.

Fig. 3. Comparison of precipitation records.

Fig. 3. Comparison of precipitation records.

Table 3. Statistics of the selected clusters (Regions).

Table 4. Top-notch distributions with their parameters for Region-1.

Table 5. Top-notch distributions with their parameters for Region-3.

Table 6. Top-notch distributions with their parameters for Region-6.

Table 7. Top-notch distributions with their parameters for Region-7.

Fig. 4. Comparison of RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3.

Fig. 4. Comparison of RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3.

Fig. 5. Comparison of RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12.

Fig. 5. Comparison of RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12.

Fig. 6. Correlations of RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3.

Fig. 6. Correlations of RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3.

Fig. 7. Correlations of RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12.

Fig. 7. Correlations of RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12.

Fig. 8. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3 (Regions 1-4).

Fig. 8. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3 (Regions 1-4).

Fig. 9. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3 (Regions 5-7).

Fig. 9. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-3 and SPI-3 (Regions 5-7).

Fig. 10. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12 (Regions 1-4).

Fig. 10. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12 (Regions 1-4).

Fig. 11. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12 (Regions 5-7).

Fig. 11. Observed probability distribution functions for RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12 (Regions 5-7).

Table 8. Probability plotting position techniques.

Table 9. Non-parametric determination: correlation of RIWSDI-12 and SPI-12.

Table 10. Shapiro–Wilk test for Region (1–5).

Table 11. Shapiro–Wilk test for Region (6–7).