Research Article

Response of Hydrological Drought to Meteorological Drought under the Influence of Large Reservoir

Table 4

Correlations between SSI and SPI in typical severe drought years.

Period⁢No reservoir effect (1960–1982) Reservoir effect (1983–2010)

Drought year19631971197719831987199120032009
Pearson correlation0.862 0.834 0.778 0.831 0.568 0.784 0.716 0.395