Türkiye’de Yapılan Kuraklık Analiz Çalışmaları Üzerine Bir Derleme

Abstract

Drought has become one of the most studied disaster issues by scientists, especially after the 2000s, with the importance of climate change. Many scientific publications on drought have been produced, due to many different methods on drought and the study of drought by many disciplines of science. In the study, theses, national and international articles, which include drought analysis by using any statistical method over meteorological data in Turkey, were compiled. A total of 270 studies, including 73 master's and Ph.D. theses, 107 national articles, and 90 international articles, written between 1943-2021 were examined. These studies were classified according to the year of publication, the drought analysis methods used, in publication, the scientific field of the first author, and the region examined in the study, and their frequency distributions were revealed. The main conclusions of this study are as follows: Although the first published studies on drought analysis in Turkey were made in 1943, 1956, and 1965, studies on drought started to increase after 2000 and the total number of publications reached 37 in 2019, 43 in 2020, and 64 in 2021. Publications in the period of 2019-2021 correspond to 53% of all publications. This rapid increase in recent years has led to a logarithmic increase in the number of publications. Although 63 different methods are used in drought analysis in the studies, the standardized precipitation index is the dominant method with a usage rate of 56%. Most of the studies were carried out on the basins (113). In 41 studies, the whole of Turkey was examined. Other studies were carried out for geographical regions, provinces, and smaller settlements. According to the scientific fields, it is seen that the Civil Engineering (131 units) and Geography (41 units) departments are the scientific fields that carry out the most drought analysis studies. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.