Applicability of apportionment entropy as a drought index

Güner Bacanlı, Ülker; Baran, TÜRKAY; Dikbaş, Fatih

doi:10.5505/pajes.2016.80664

Applicability of apportionment entropy as a drought index

PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES-PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITESI MUHENDISLIK BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.23, sa.3, ss.232-237, 2017 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.5505/pajes.2016.80664
Dergi Adı: PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES-PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITESI MUHENDISLIK BILIMLERI DERGISI
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.232-237
Anahtar Kelimeler: Drought, Drought parameters, Entropy, Northern aegean region, STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX, PATTERNS, REGION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Drought is one of the most important natural disasters. The main aim of the present study is to investigate the applicability of the Apportionment Entropy (AE) as a drought index. For this purpose, the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) and the AE method as a drought indices were investigated and compared for monthly precipitation data in Northern Aegean Region. In the presented study, 29 gauging stations with long term observations are evaluated in Northern Aegean Region. The results of the study showed that PE method can be used as a drought index and the analysis of drought results contributed to the identification of drought periods for the Northern Aegean Region.