20Mar 2017

ANALYSIS OF METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT IN IRAQ USING THE RECONNAISSANCE DROUGHT INDEX (RDI).

  • Department of Dams and Water Resources Engineering, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq.
  • Department of Civil Engineering, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey.
  • Department of Civil Engineering, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
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The drought characteristics were analyzed in Iraq dependent on the observed climate data from ten meteorological stations during 1980-2011. Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) was used to studying and analyzing of droughts. The variable of interest in RDI is precipitation over potential evapotranspiration (ETo), the ETo is calculated using Penman-Monteith method. The results showed that the 2008 year was the worst dry year had passed in all parts of Iraq. It was observed that the maximum severity of drought (Smax) was identified during the periods (2007-2009) for the most stations. The Mild drought (Extremely drought) conditions are the highest (lowest) number of drought event than other conditions for all stations. Most of study region experienced the strongest drought events through the last period from 1999 to 2009 as compared with the previous period.

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[Omar M. A. Mahmood Agha and Nermin. ?arlak. (2017); ANALYSIS OF METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT IN IRAQ USING THE RECONNAISSANCE DROUGHT INDEX (RDI). Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 473-479] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Omar Mahmood Agha

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3535      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3535

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