Auteur :
Tsakiris
G.,
Nalbantis
I.,
Pangalou
D.
...[et al.]
Année de Publication :
2006
Type : Rapport
Thème : Agriculture
Couverture :
Maroc
Several meteorological drought indices have been used in the past to assess drought severity. Most of the indices use monthly precipitation data (SPI) and in some cases additionally monthly potential evapotranspiration data (RDI). Yhe objectif in this paper is to present the new Reconnaissance Droght Index and its requirements and also to specify the requirements of a meteorological monitoring network aiming at providing data for the calculation of such indices. From the methodologies examined the one on geostatistical tools such as the kriging method was tailored and successfully used for the purpose of drought monotoring.