Drought Early Warning Systems in the Context of Drought Preparedness and Mitigation

Table of Contents
Drought Early Warning Systems in the Context of Drought Preparedness and Mitigation...Donald A. Wilhite and Mark D. Svoboda
Role of Early Warning Systems in Decision Making Processes...Margaret Buchanan-Smith
Drought Science and Drought Policy in Australia: A Risk Management Perspective ...Greg Laughlin and Anthony Clark
Recommendations on Drought Monitoring by the U.S. National Drought Policy Commission...Ray Motha
Role of Drought Early Warning Systems in South Africa's Evolving Drought Policy ...Karl Monnik
Drought Early Warning Systems in West Asia and North Africa...E. DePauw
Contribution of Remote Sensing to Drought Early Warning...Felix N. Kogan
Drought Quantification and Preparedness in Brazil - The Example of São Paulo State ...O. Brunini, H.S. Pinto, J. Zullo, Jr., M.T. Barbano, M.B.P. Camargo, R.R. Alfonsi,G.C. Blain, M.J. Pedro, Jr., and G.Q. Pellegrino 
Drought Early Warning and Impact Assessment in China...Kerang Li
Role of Drought Early Warning Systems for Sustainable Agricultural Research in India ...K.C. Sinha Ray
Regional Drought Monitoring Centres - The Case of Eastern and Southern Africa ...P.G. Ambenje
Meteorological Early Warning Systems (EWS) for Drought Preparedness and Drought Management in Nigeria ...L.E. Akeh, N. Nnoli, S. Gbuyiro, F. Ikehua, and S. Ogunbo
Drought Tendencies in Mainland Portugal...V. Cabrinha and F.E. Santo
Drought Monitoring in Hungary...S. Szalai, C.S. Szinell, and J. Zoboki

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Creator	Proceedings of an Expert Group Meeting held September 5-7, 2000, in Lisbon, Portugal. - World Meteorological Organization (WMO/TD No. 1037)
Publisher	Proceedings of an Expert Group Meeting held September 5-7, 2000, in Lisbon, Portugal. - World Meteorological Organization (WMO/TD No. 1037)
Type of document	Report
Rights	Public
File link	http://www.unisdr.org/eng/library/Literature/7819.pdf
File link local	7819.pdf (PDF, 3377 Kb)
Source of information	US Drought Monitor
Keyword(s)	Drought Preparedness
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND
Relation	http://www.drought.unl.edu/monitor/EWS/ch1_Wilhite.pdf
Geographical coverage	Hungary, Portugal, Africa, India, China, United States, Australia