Report
Main Findings and Recommendations
The Lancang-Mekong River Basin (hereinafter referred as LMRB) has been experiencing increasing frequency and intensity of drought during recent decades. Due to insufficient rainfall with abnormal mons
Overview of the Background, Objectives and Scope
The Lancang-Mekong River originates from the mountains in Qinghai Province of China, flows through Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province, and flows out of China’s border in Xishuangbanna Dai Aut
Data and Methods
Drought analysis: two meteorological drought indices, i.e., Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), were adopted to investigate the droug
Results
To investigate the temporal trend of droughts, we divided the past 119 years into two periods, i.e., 1901-1960 and 1961-2019. The distribution of frequency of severe and exceptional droughts in the LM
Conclusions
Main findings： (1) Drought characteristics (2) Natural runoff composition Recommendations ： (1) Integrated structural and non-structural measures to alleviate drought (2) Joint operation of mainstream
Authors
Tian Fuqiang，Professor, Centre for International Transboundary Water and Eco-Security, Tsinghua University ...
Anoulak Kittikhoun (Mekong River Commission Secretariat)
Paradis Someth（Principal hydrologist at eWater）
Pongsak Suttinon（Chulalongkorn University）
U Aung Ko Ko（Ministry of Electricity, Myanmar）
Murugesu Sivapalan（University of Illinois）
To Quang Toan（The Southern Institute of Water Resources Research, Veit Nam）
Chanthanet Boualapha（Lao National Mekong committee Secretariat）
Alison Bartle（Aqua~Media International Ltd）
David Gray（The University of Oxford）