Analysis of Long-term Drought Characteristics and Trend in South Asia

Hemu Kafle, KIAS, Kathmandu, Nepal, Dibas Shrestha, Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Kathmandu, Nepal, Devesh Koirala, Nepalese Academy of Sciences and Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal, Anjum Rasheed, Centre for Climate Research & Development (CCRD), COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dipak Gyawali, Nepal Academy of Science and technology, Kathmandu, Nepal, Shinichi Sobue, JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan, Yasushi Yamaguchi, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Vimal Khawas, Sikkim University, Gangtok, India and Md Kamruzzaman, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh