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- Title
Drought Assessment in Greece Using SPI and ERA5 Climate Reanalysis Data.
- Authors
Kourtis, Ioannis M.; Vangelis, Harris; Tigkas, Dimitris; Mamara, Anna; Nalbantis, Ioannis; Tsakiris, George; Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A.
- Abstract
The present work aims to assess the spatial variability and the trends of the annual rainfall and meteorological drought in the entire territory of Greece utilising the ERA5 reanalysis precipitation dataset of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), which spans from January 1940 to December 2022 (an 83-year period). Drought assessment took place based on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for timescales ranging from 1 month to 12 months. Evaluation was carried out by calculating SPI using observed rainfall data from five meteorological stations. The annual rainfall and drought severity trends for timescales of 1 (SPI-1), 3 (SPI-3), 6 (SPI-6) and 12 (SPI-12) months were analysed using the Theil–Sen slope method and the Mann–Kendall trend test. The results indicate significant, both increasing and decreasing, annual precipitation trends at the 95% significance level for the Aegean Islands, western Crete and western mainland of Greece. The results also indicate significant drought trends for SPI-12 for the Aegean Islands and western Peloponnese. Trend analysis for SPI-1, SPI-3 and SPI-6 indicate a mixture of non-significantly increasing wetting trends and increasing drought trends at the national scale. In conclusion, the ERA5 dataset seems to be a valuable tool for drought monitoring at the spatial scale.
- Subjects
GREECE; DROUGHTS; RAINFALL; METEOROLOGICAL stations; TREND analysis
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 22, p15999
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su152215999