Fig. 2: FD-affected area and the time series of anomalies for selected hydrometeorological variables.
From: Anthropogenic and atmospheric variability intensifies flash drought episodes in South Asia
a Probability distribution functions of the largest FD area (percentage) estimated for the spring-summer season and summer season for the 1979–2021 period. Note that the vertical solid lines (in gray) indicate the median values of the FD-affected area for the spring-summer and summer seasons. b Indicates interannual variations of the standardized spring-summer mean precipitation (P: blue), soil moisture (SM: brass), temperature (T: red), and evapotranspiration (ET: gray) anomalies averaged (right y-axis) and the proportion of land affected by FD for each year (left y-axis) over South Asia during the 1979–2021 period.
