Recent years have shown that droughts can have serious socio-economical impacts. While the underlying cause of a drought (a lack of water compared with normal conditions) appears trivial, the exact definition is not. Especially since droughts can occur in different components of the hydrological cycle, each with unique spatial and …
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Critical soil moisture thresholds during the 2018 drought identified
The impact of drought on vegetation does not increases proportionally with decreasing soil moisture content. The so-called critical soil moisture content below which evapotranspiration reduction and vegetation impact rapidly increase is a key parameter, but knowledge on the critical soil moisture is limited due to a lack of soil moisture …
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