Research Article
Drought Assessment and Projection under Climate Change: A Case Study in the Middle and Lower Jinsha River Basin
Table 5
The multiyear average area of drought in the MLJRB (unit 103 km2).
| Period | Moderate drought (−1.50 SSDI −1.00) | Severe drought (−2.00 SSDI −1.50) | Extreme drought (SSDI 2.00) | Drought (SSDI −1.00) |
| 1961–1970 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 1971–1980 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 1981–1990 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 1991–2000 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2001–2011 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
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