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<p>In the study, hydrological drought was identified assuming that the occurrence of river low-flow is a symptom of drought, and is also a good estimator of its progress. The research was conducted in the upper Dunajec river catchment, for which a series of daily discharges from 20 gauging stations during the period 1989–2018 were available. The low-flow periods were identified on the basis of the Threshold Level Method, which corresponds to the seventieth percentile of the flow duration curve. On the basis of a developed algorithm, 41 drought events were identified. Analysis included spatial parameters referring to range, severity, concentration, continuation, and the development pace of hydrological drought. Finally, on the basis of cluster analysis, five dynamic types of hydrological drought were identified.</p>
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In the study, hydrological drought was identified assuming that the occurrence of river low-flow is a symptom of drought, and is also a good estimator of its progress. The research was conducted in the upper Dunajec river catchment, for which a series of daily discharges from 20 gauging stations during the period 1989–2018 were available. The low-flow periods were identified on the basis of the Threshold Level Method, which corresponds to the seventieth percentile of the flow duration curve. On the basis of a developed algorithm, 41 drought events were identified. Analysis included spatial parameters referring to range, severity, concentration, continuation, and the development pace of hydrological drought. Finally, on the basis of cluster analysis, five dynamic types of hydrological drought were identified.

<bold>Dynamics of hydrological droughts propagation</bold> in mountainous catchments

Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Climatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences

Miscellanea Geographica

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In the study, hydrological drought was identified assuming that the occurrence of river low-flow is a symptom of drought, and is also a good estimator of its...

Dynamics of hydrological droughts propagation in mountainous catchments

Published Online: Apr 29, 2022

Page range: 111 - 124

Received: Sep 20, 2020

Accepted: Feb 09, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0002

Keywords
Drought identification, streamflow deficit, threshold level method, cluster analysis, spatial development of drought

© 2022 Malwina Kozek et al., published by Sciendo

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

Dynamics of hydrological droughts propagation in mountainous catchments

Published Online: Apr 29, 2022

Page range: 111 - 124

Received: Sep 20, 2020

Accepted: Feb 09, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0002

KeywordsDrought identification, streamflow deficit, threshold level method, cluster analysis, spatial development of drought

© 2022 Malwina Kozek et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Drought identification, streamflow deficit, threshold level method, cluster analysis, spatial development of drought