Arid Zone Research ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 610-617.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2021.03.03

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Variation and dynamic drivers of drought in Kaidu River Basin based on the SWAT model

SONG Yuxin1(),ZUO Qiting1,2,3(),MA Junxia1,3   

  1. 1. School of Water Conservancy Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
    2. Center for Water Science Research, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Hennan, China
    3. Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, China
  • Received:2020-10-10 Revised:2020-12-22 Online:2021-05-15 Published:2021-06-17
  • Contact: Qiting ZUO E-mail:zzusyx@163.com;zuoqt@zzu.edu.cn

Abstract:

This study used Kaidu River Basin as an example to construct a soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) distributed hydrological model and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) as the basis to identify variation in drought. Subsequently, the Bayesian Dynamic Linear Equation (BDL) model was used to determine the impact of climate driving factors, such as the Southern Oscillation (SOI), on regional seasonal drought. The results showed that the drought in the Kaidu River Basin from 1965 to 2016 was primarily concentrated in winter and spring. In different seasons, variation in the Kaidu basin was different, but most trends were not significant, and significant decreasing trends were only detected in autumn and winter. Changes in the SPEI index in different seasons were affected by climate factors, such as precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, and most of them fluctuated around 0, resulting in a short change cycle, mostly concentrated in 2-4 years. The impact of the climate index on drought variability changed over time, and the impact on different seasons was also different.

Key words: SWAT model, dynamic linear model, standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), Kaidu River basin