Title :
Overview of WMO drought activities
Author :
Jayasuriya, Dasarath ; Stefanski, Robert
Author_Institution :
World Meteorol. Organ., Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: drought early warning systems; integrated drought management program; Lincoln workshop; drought monitoring centres; Drought Management Center for South Eastern Europe; Drought Management Center for Central Asia; WMO publications; agricultural drought; hydrological drought; World Meteorological Organization.
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; climatology; geographic information systems; hydrology; Drought Management Center for Central Asia; Drought Management Center for South Eastern Europe; Lincoln workshop; WMO drought activities; WMO publications; World Meteorological Organization; agricultural drought; drought early warning systems; drought monitoring centres; hydrological drought; integrated drought management program; Alarm systems; Australia; Bills of materials; Conferences; Heating; Meteorology; Monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
GEOSS Workshop XL (GEOSS), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0615-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0614-1
DOI :
10.1109/GEOSS.2011.5948947
