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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2003.36.4.561

Analysis of Drought Return and Duration Characteristics at Seoul  

Yoo, Chul-Sang (고려대학교 공과대학 토목환경공학과)
Ryoo, So-Ra (한국수자원공사 수자원연구소 수자원연구부)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.36, no.4, 2003 , pp. 561-573 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study has analyzed the drought return and duration characteristics using the monthly rainfall at Seoul, and compared them with those obtained by applying the Poisson process. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was used as the drought index along with the 10 month moving average for the rainfall smoothing. The thresholds applied for the analysis of drought were -1.00, -1.50, and -2.00. The drought return and duration characteristics derived from the analysis of observed data show that: (1) The moderate drought occurs every 2 years and lasts about 4 - 5 months. (2) The severe drought occurs every 3 - 5 years and lasts about 2 - 4 months. (3) The extreme drought occurs every 8 - 23 years and lasts about 1 - 4 months. Especially, the severe droughts (thresholds of -1.5 and -2.0) before the long dry period were found to have longer return periods but shorter durations than those after the long dry period. This seems to be because of the high variability of precipitation as well as the fact that no snowfall has been added for the winter precipitation before the long dry period. Finally, the comparison of results derived from the analysis of observed data and those derived by applying the Poisson process shows that the Poisson process well explain the return and duration characteristics of drought.
Keywords
Standardized Precipitation Index; Drought; Return; Duration; Poisson Process;
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