Climate risk · Rationale

Meteorological drought

Drought defined by a period with an abnormal precipitation deficit relative to the long-term average for a region.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGII Glossary: Drought (meteorological drought)

Synonyms

rainfall drought

Broader

Drought

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_103 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_103
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_103)