Fig 1.
Location and topography of the study area.
Table 1.
Locations, time periods and elevations of meteorological stations.
Table 2.
Drought intensity classifications based on RDI and SPEI values.
Table 3.
Drought severity classifications based on VCI values.
Table 4.
Precipitation distribution by meteorological station.
Fig 2.
Distribution of mean monthly precipitation in Baluchistan province.
Table 5.
Distribution of mean monthly precipitation across the study area.
Fig 3.
Temporal distribution of drought trends in 1, 3, 6, and 12-Month RDI in Baluchistan.
Table 6.
Drought frequency based on severity categories of the 1, 3 and 6-month RDI.
Table 7.
Drought frequency across different severity categories of the 12-month RDI.
Fig 4.
Temporal distribution of drought trends in 1, 3, 6, and 12-Month SPEI in Baluchistan.
Table 8.
Drought frequency based on severity categories of the 1, 3, and 6-month SPEI.
Table 9.
Drought frequency by severity categories of the 12-month SPEI.
Fig 5.
Spatio-temporal distribution of drought using annual VCI in Baluchistan.
Fig 6.
Percentage of area affected by drought based on VCI.
Fig 7.
Scatterplot showing the relationship between VCI and RDI.
Fig 8.
Scatterplot showing the relationship between VCI and SPEI.
Table 10.
Pearson correlation matrix.