Drought early warning and forecasting : theory and practice /

"Drought risk management involves three pillars: drought early warning, drought vulnerability and risk assessment, and drought preparedness, mitigation, and response. This book collects in one place a description of all the key components of the first pillar, and describes strategies for fittin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Funk, Christopher C. (Author), Shukla, Shraddhanand (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2020]
Subjects:
Drought forecasting.
S�echeresses > Pr�evision.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Droughts, governance, disasters, and response systems
  • Drought early warning : definitions, challenges, and opportunities
  • Drought early warning systems
  • Tools of the trade 1 : weather and climate forecasts
  • Tools of the trade 2 : land surface models
  • Tools of the trade 3 : mapping exposure and vulnerability
  • Theory : understanding atmospheric demand in a warming world
  • Theory : indices for measuring drought severity
  • Sources of drought early warning skill, staged prediction systems, and an example for Somalia
  • Practice : evaluating forecast skill
  • Practice : integrating observations and climate forecasts
  • Practice : actionable information and decision-making networks
  • Final thoughts.

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