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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018
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Documentary data and the study of past droughts: a global state of the art
Rudolf Brázdil
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Andrea Kiss
Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management,
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Department of Historical Auxiliary Sciences, Institute of History,
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Jürg Luterbacher
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Centre for International Development and Environmental Research,
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
David J. Nash
Centre for Aquatic Environments, School of Environment and Technology,
University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University
of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ladislava Řezníčková
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
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Short summary
The paper presents a worldwide state of the art of droughts fluctuations based on documentary data. It gives an overview of achievements related to different kinds of documentary evidence with their examples and an overview of papers presenting long-term drought chronologies over the individual continents, analysis of the most outstanding drought events, the influence of external forcing and large-scale climate drivers, and human impacts and responses. It recommends future research directions.
The paper presents a worldwide state of the art of droughts fluctuations based on documentary...