Dynamics of hydrological droughts propagation in mountainous catchments

• Authors: Malwina Kozek , Edmund Tomaszewski

Abstracts

EN

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 lowlfow 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.

Keywords

EN

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

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Malwina Kozek

• Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Climatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000177436636

author

Edmund Tomaszewski

• Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Climatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000343753638

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0002

Biblioteka Nauki

2096285