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<p>Drought has recently become an important topic in Europe but also in Slovakia. Observed results from various studies suggest that this drought phenomenon has a serious impact on hydrology, agriculture and social and economic sectors. The first part of the paper was devoted to the study of literature from the field of existing drought indices, which serve to identify all types of drought such as meteorological, agricultural and socio-economic drought. The second part of the paper dealt with selected scientific studies on drought assessment and the use of drought indices in Central Europe and Slovakia.</p>
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Drought has recently become an important topic in Europe but also in Slovakia. Observed results from various studies suggest that this drought phenomenon has a serious impact on hydrology, agriculture and social and economic sectors. The first part of the paper was devoted to the study of literature from the field of existing drought indices, which serve to identify all types of drought such as meteorological, agricultural and socio-economic drought. The second part of the paper dealt with selected scientific studies on drought assessment and the use of drought indices in Central Europe and Slovakia.

Evaluation of Drought – Review of Drought Indices and their Application in the Recent Studies from Slovakia

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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Drought has recently become an important topic in Europe but also in Slovakia. Observed results from various studies suggest that this drought phenomenon has a...

Evaluation of Drought – Review of Drought Indices and their Application in the Recent Studies from Slovakia

Published Online: May 21, 2021

Page range: 97 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0015

Keywords
drought, drought index, meteorological drought, agricultural drought, socio-economic drought

© 2021 Slavomír Hološ et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Evaluation of Drought – Review of Drought Indices and their Application in the Recent Studies from Slovakia

Published Online: May 21, 2021

Page range: 97 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0015

Keywordsdrought, drought index, meteorological drought, agricultural drought, socio-economic drought

© 2021 Slavomír Hološ et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
drought, drought index, meteorological drought, agricultural drought, socio-economic drought