Abstract :
Drought is one of the extreme climatic events among the most relevant natural disasters. This paper presents drought assessment using Standardized Precipitation Index SPI to overview the respective drought hot spots. Monthly rainfall data during the previous 36 years 1982 2017 are applied to generate Standardized Precipitation Index SPI with 3 month and 9 month scale on the basis of Gamma distribution for the areas in the central dry zone of Myanmar namely Mandalay, Nyaung U, Myingyan, Natogyi, Meikhtila, Kyaukpadaung, Wundwin, Sagaing, Monywa, Shwebo, Myinmu, Magway, Minbu, Chauk and Pakokku. The generated SPI values for different time scale are classified to assess drought hot spots for the central dry zone, Myanmar as an areal extent of annual drought. Aye Aye Thant "Drought Assessment Using Standard Precipitation Index" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-5 , August 2018, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd18181.pdf Paper URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/18181/drought-assessment-using-standard-precipitation-index/aye-aye-thant
Keyword :
Monthly Rainfall, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Drought Assessment.