Evolution of Hydrological Drought in Human Disturbed Areas: A Case Study in the Laohahe Catchment, Northern China

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/5102568/figures/5102568.fig.003a.svgz" name="5102568.fig.003a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Meteorological drought</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/5102568/figures/5102568.fig.003b.svgz" name="5102568.fig.003b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Hydrological drought</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/5102568/figures/5102568.fig.003c.svgz" name="5102568.fig.003c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Meteorological drought</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/5102568/figures/5102568.fig.003d.svgz" name="5102568.fig.003d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>Hydrological drought</td></tr></table>

<div>Temporal evolutions of identified (a) meteorological drought (derived from precipitation) and (b) hydrological drought (derived from runoff), and the scatterplots of drought duration and deficit volume for (c) meteorological and (d) hydrological droughts.</div>

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Figure 3: Evolution of Hydrological Drought in Human Disturbed Areas: A Case Study in the Laohahe Catchment, Northern China 