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Modification of Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) based on the best method of evapotranspiration estimation and probability distribution function

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    • محمد قبایی سوق 1
    • Abolfazl Mosaedi 2

    1 Phd student, Department of Water Engineering, Abu-Ali sina University, Hamedan, Iran

    2 Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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Document Type : Research Paper

10.22059/jrwm.2014.50031
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Abstract

Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) is based on fitting a Log-normal distribution to the ratio of precipitation to evapotranspiration (ETo) values in selected periods. In this index value of ETo were calculated based on mean temperature by Thorenth-Waite (Th) method. Th method, may underestimated ETo values comparing to the actual in arid and semi arid regions. The log-normal distribution may not be fitted to the ratio of precipitation to ETo values of some regions. In order to investigate the effects of these two limitations on drought situations' changes, meteorological parameters have been used during 50 years period at 8 Synoptic Stations of Iran. In the first step, the values of RDI(Th) for any stations during the mentioned time were calculated. Then, ETo values were calculated from best fitted empirical equation in any situation of lack of parameters. Subsequently RDI(select) index were established. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov (KS) test is used to assess the goodness of fitting most appropriate distribution function to the ratio of precipitation to ETo values. Then, according to equi-probability transformation the values of RDI(Th) were modified to *RDI(Th). The occurrence of different classes of drought according to RDI(select) and/or *RDI(Th) comparing to RDI(Th) showed the elimination of any mentioned limitations may leads to changing the amount of occurrence of any drought classes in RDI(Th). Hence, The RDI(Th) modified to *RDI(select) by estimating ETo values from selected method and applying appropriate distribution function to the ratio of precipitation to ETo values.

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  • Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI)
  • evapotranspiration
  • Equi-probability transformation
  • Probability distribution function
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Journal of Range and Watershed Managment
Volume 66, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
March 2014
Pages 565-582
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  • Receive Date: 18 April 2012
  • Revise Date: 06 January 2014
  • Accept Date: 06 January 2013
  • First Publish Date: 20 February 2014
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قبایی سوق, Ù., & Mosaedi, A. (2014). Modification of Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) based on the best method of evapotranspiration estimation and probability distribution function. Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 66(4), 565-582. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50031

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محمد قبایی سوق; Abolfazl Mosaedi. "Modification of Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) based on the best method of evapotranspiration estimation and probability distribution function". Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 66, 4, 2014, 565-582. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50031

HARVARD

قبایی سوق, Ù., Mosaedi, A. (2014). 'Modification of Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) based on the best method of evapotranspiration estimation and probability distribution function', Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 66(4), pp. 565-582. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50031

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قبایی سوق, Ù., Mosaedi, A. Modification of Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) based on the best method of evapotranspiration estimation and probability distribution function. Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 2014; 66(4): 565-582. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50031

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