Mean or extreme precipitation, the response of water availability seasonality, influencing yearly water distribution beyond individual

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2012 and 2026, spanning 7 journals. Those papers have been cited 201 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Forecasting drought characteristics under CMIP6 climate change scenarios in southern Kerman Province (2026) · Applied Water Science · doi

  There is a need to analyze drought patterns under evolving climate conditions. There is a lack of comprehensive studies on the effects of climate change on temperature and precipitation parameters in southern Kerman Province. There is a need to evaluate the effects of climate change on water resource management and agricultural sustainability in the region.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there need analyze drought patterns evolving climate conditions
• Forecasting drought characteristics under CMIP6 climate change scenarios in southern Kerman Province (2026) · Applied Water Science · doi

  Further studies should analyze drought patterns under different climate scenarios. Future research should evaluate the effects of climate change on other regions. Additional studies should investigate the impacts of drought on water resource management and agricultural sustainability.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: further studies analyze drought patterns different climate scenarios
• Extreme Drought Characteristics in Java (1960-1965) (2026) · Indonesian Journal on Geoscience · doi

  Drought is a complex natural hazard with significant destructive impacts. The increasing frequency, duration, and intensity of drought worldwide. The need to account for both interannual and decadal variability in drought risk forecasting.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: drought complex natural hazard significant destructive impacts increasing
• Understanding climate change impacts on drought in China over the 21st century: a multi-model assessment from CMIP6 (2024) · npj Climate and Atmospheric Science · cited 112× · doi

  The study identifies a research gap in the analysis of drought events in China under climate change. The study notes that previous research has focused on monthly SPEI, and that the daily SPEI provides a more precise depiction of short-term drought events.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study identifies research gap analysis drought events china
• Site-Specific Climatic Responses of Radial Growth in Pinus densata in Northwestern Yunnan, Southwestern China (2026) · Plants · doi

  further study is needed to understand the mechanisms driving site-specific climatic sensitivity, - investigation of other regions with different climate conditions could provide more insights, - analysis of longer-term climate data could help to better understand temporal variations in growth-climate relationships

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: further study needed understand mechanisms driving site-specific climatic
• Seasonal ecological quality in China: concurrent and lagged drought responses and dominant factors (2026) · Frontiers in Plant Science · doi

  Most assessments of drought impacts on ecological quality remain focused on annual-scale or concurrent relationships. There is insufficient attention to drought seasonality, lagged effects, and differences along aridity-humidity gradients. The study aims to fill this gap by investigating the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of ecological quality at the seasonal scale.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: assessments drought impacts ecological quality remain focused annual-scale
• Extreme precipitation patterns and reductions of terrestrial ecosystem production across biomes (2012) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · cited 89× · doi

  Precipitation regimes are predicted to shift to more extreme patterns that are characterized by more heavy rainfall events and longer dry intervals, yet their ecological impacts on vegetation production remain uncertain across biomes in natural climatic conditions.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: precipitation regimes predicted shift extreme patterns characterized heavy rainfall events longer intervals ecological impacts vegetation
• Improved model predictions of carbon and water fluxes by including drought legacy effects (2026) · Biogeosciences · doi

  Future studies should investigate the impacts of drought legacy effects on ecosystem function in different biomes and climates. Future research should seek to improve the representation of drought legacy effects in land surface models. The study's findings highlight the need for more accurate modeling of drought legacy effects to inform decision-making.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: future studies investigate impacts drought legacy effects ecosystem

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