Lisonbee, Joel 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8231-6548 and Woloszyn, Molly and Skumanich, Marina
(2021)
Making sense of flash drought: definitions, indicators, and where we go from here.
Journal of Applied and Service Climatology.
Abstract
The topic of 'Flash Drought' is rapidly gaining attention within both the research and drought management communities. This literature review aims to synthesize the research to-date and provide a basis for future research on the topic. Specifically, our review is focused on documenting the range of definitions of 'flash drought' being proposed in the research community. We found that the term first appeared in the peer-reviewed literature in 2002, and by 2020 has become an area of active research. Within that 18-year span, 'flash drought' has been given 29 general descriptions, and 20 papers have provided measurable, defining criteria used to distinguish a flash drought from other drought. Of these papers, 11 distinguish flash drought as a rapid-onset drought event while eight distinguish flash drought as a short-term or short-lived, yet severe, drought event and one paper considers flash drought as both a short-lived and rapid onset event. Of the papers that define a flash drought by its rate of onset, the rate proposed ranges from 5 days to 8 weeks. Currently, there is not a universally accepted definition or criteria for 'flash drought', despite recent research that has called for the research community to adopt the principle of rapid-intensification of drought conditions.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published online: January 2021. Permanent restricted access to ArticleFirst version, in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Sciences (6 Sep 2019 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Sciences (6 Sep 2019 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2021 04:11 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2021 00:07 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | flash drought |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 04 Earth Sciences > 0401 Atmospheric Sciences > 040105 Climatology (excl.Climate Change Processes) |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 37 EARTH SCIENCES > 3701 Atmospheric sciences > 370101 Adverse weather events |
| Identification Number or DOI: | doi:10.46275/JOASC.2021.02.001 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/43458 |
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