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Monitoring Drought in the West
Arid Land Research and Management, 2003Although drought is difficult to define and measure, several indices are presently available to assist in rangeland monitoring and management. Several drought indices are noted with documentation where recent information may be easily found. Temporal and spatial considerations may be helpful in management applications.
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Advanced Cyberinfrastructure for Agricultural Drought Monitoring
2019 8th International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics), 2019Cyberinfrastructure plays an important role in the collection, management, and dissemination of drought information in agricultural activities, especially when the activities involve a variety of facilities, data sources, and communities. The challenge of coordinating tremendous sources of data and systems becomes paramount.
Ziheng Sun +17 more
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Monitoring drought with GRACE data assimilation
2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2016Drought has a profound impact on agricultural, industrial and municipal water use as well as the eco-system. Thus, it is essential to have a monitoring system that detects various types of drought including that in groundwater which is often the only source of fresh water in many parts of the world.
Bailing Li, Matthew Rodell
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Building a hybrid drought monitor model based on U.S. Drought Monitor
Drought is one of the costliest natural disasters, capable of causing significant losses in agriculture, economy, and ecosystems. Different definitions of drought from multiple perspectives made drought research complicate. Exploring droughts from a comprehensive perspective improves our understanding of the evolution and drivers of drought, while ...Haiting Xu, Jianhui Wei, Ying Pan
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Monitoring Drought: An Evaluation of Meteorological Drought Indices
Geography Compass, 2009Abstract A uniform method for defining, monitoring and quantifying the severity of drought conditions does not exist. This article introduces some of the tools (e.g. drought indices) that are commonly used in the United States to monitor meteorological drought, describes the strengths and weaknesses of these tools, and makes ...
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Drought Monitoring by Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI) in Iran
Water Resources Management, 2011Drought is one of the most important natural hazards in Iran and frequently affects a large number of people, causing tremendous economic losses, environmental damages and social hardships. Especially, drought has a strong impact on water resources in Iran. This situation has made more considerations toward the study and management of drought.
Mohammad Amin Asadi Zarch +4 more
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Drought Monitoring as a Component of Drought Preparedness Planning
2009Drought is the most complex of all natural hazards. The lack of progress in drought preparedness planning and the development of national drought policies is a reflection of this complexity. As countries move toward a higher level of preparedness, drought monitoring and early warning systems become paramount because these systems provide the ...
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Monitoring Agricultural Drought in Russia
2005Drought has been posing serious problems for agricultural production in Russia. A well-known Russian scientist, Vavilov (1931), noted that droughts characterize Russian farming. Recently, in some Russian Federation regions, there has been a high probability of severe or extremely severe droughts (Pasechnyuk et al., 1977; ARRIAM, 2000; Kleschenko, 2000;
Alexander D. Kleschenko, Erodi K. Zoidze
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Drought and climate teleconnection and drought monitoring
2019Anteneh Z. Abiy +3 more
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