Software
DrinC – Drought Indices Calculator
version: 1.7 (91)
Short tutorial videos are available at DrinC YouTube channel. You may check the channel and subscribe here.
Documentation
The following articles describe the main components of the software. You may use these citations to refer to DrinC in publications:
Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2015. DrinC: a software for drought analysis based on drought indices. Earth Science Informatics, 8(3):697-709. doi: 10.1007/s12145-014-0178-y
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Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Proutsos N., Tsakiris G., 2022. Incorporating aSPI and eRDI in Drought Indices Calculator (DrinC) software for agricultural drought characterisation and monitoring. Hydrology, 9(6): 100. doi: 10.3390/hydrology9060100
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Relevant articles
Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2020. Implementing crop evapotranspiration in RDI for farm-level drought evaluation and adaptation under climate change conditions. Water Resources Management, 34(14): 4329–4343, doi: 10.1007/s11269-020-02593-6
[https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02593-6]
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Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2019. Drought characterisation based on an agriculture-oriented standardised precipitation index. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 135(3–4): 1435–1447, doi: 10.1007/s00704-018-2451-3
[http://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2451-3]
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Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2017. An Enhanced Effective Reconnaissance Drought Index for the Characterisation of Agricultural Drought. Environmental Processes, 4(suppl 1): 137–148, doi: 10.1007/s40710-017-0219-x
[http://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-017-0219-x]
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Tigkas D., Tsakiris G., 2015. Early Estimation of Drought Impacts on Rainfed Wheat Yield in Mediterranean Climate. Environmental Processes, 2(1):97-114, doi: 10.1007/s40710-014-0052-4
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Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2013. The RDI as a composite climatic index. European Water, 41:17-22
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Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2013. The Drought Indices Calculator (DrinC). In: Proceedings of 8th International EWRA Conference “Water Resources Management in an Interdisciplinary and Changing Context”, R. Maia et al. (eds.). Porto, Portugal, 26-29 June 2013, pp.1333-1342.
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Vangelis H., Tigkas D., Tsakiris G., 2013. The effect of PET method on Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) calculation. Journal of Arid Environments, 88: 130-140, doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.07.020
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.07.020]
Tigkas D., Vangelis H., Tsakiris G., 2012. Drought and climatic change impact on streamflow in small watersheds. Science of the Total Environment, 440: 33-41, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.035
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.035]
Nalbantis, I., Tsakiris, G., 2009. Assessment of Hydrological Drought Revisited. Water Resources Management, 23(5):881-897, doi: 10.1007/s11269-008-9305-1
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-008-9305-1]
Tigkas D., 2008. Drought Characterisation and Monitoring in Regions of Greece. European Water, 23/24:29-39
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Nalbantis I., 2008. Evaluation of a Hydrological Drought Index. European Water, 23/24:67-77
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Tsakiris G., Pangalou D., Vangelis H., 2007. Regional drought assessment based on the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI). Water Resources Management, 21:821-833, doi: 10.1007/s11269-006-9105-4
[http://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-006-9105-4]
Tsakiris G., Vangelis H., 2005. Establishing a Drought Index Incorporating Evapotranspiration. European Water, 9/10: 3-11
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McKee T. B., Doesken N. J., Kleist J., 1993. The relationship of drought frequency and duration to time scales. In: Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Applied Climatology (Vol. 17, No. 22, pp. 179-183). Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society
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