Study of Possible Relation between Drought and Solar Activity in the Territory of Azerbaijan
Askar Mammadov, Vugar Abdullayev

Abstract
The paper is devoted to investigation of possible relation between drought and solar activity in the territory of Azerbaijan. The meteorological drought events taken place in recent 117 years in Azerbaijan are studied, and the drought catalogue is compiled in the research work. Two widely used methods in the world practice are analyzed comparatively, and the preferable one is applied in this research work. The relation forms between the drought reiterations and solar activity are examined. As a result, it was determined how amount of precipitations and drought reiterations have been changed and in this period. Relation between solar activity and droughts are determined in the research area on the basis of obtained correlations.

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