EDC members were amongst nearly 40 drought experts from Europe and the USA to participate to the ‘sort-out-drought’ workshop co-organised by Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG), the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration…
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We suggest to have a look at the publication “Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices” by WMO/GWP Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP). 2016. The pdf of the publication is available here: http://www.droughtmanagement.info/handbook-drought-indicators-and-indices/. It has been translated to Arabic, Chinese, Spanish,…
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Sessions of interest for the European Drought Centre. HS2.1.1 – Hydrological extremes: from droughts to floods Convener: Anne Van Loon Co-Conveners: Jan Szolgay, Lena M. Tallaksen, Gregor Laaha, Alberto Viglione More information: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/22955 HS.4.4 – Drought and water scarcity: monitoring,…
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It is with a great pleasure that we inform that Anne Van Loon will receive the EGU 2017 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award, Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division. Since starting her PhD about ten years ago, Anne has been working…
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Henny A.J. Van Lanen, European Drought Centre / Wageningen University Lena M. Tallaksen, European Drought Centre / University of Oslo Since 1995 the 17th of June has been celebrated as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. The event…
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Large-scale drought: a pan-European view of the hazard, impacts and adaptation Henny A.J. Van Lanen, European Drought Centre / Wageningen University *Scroll to the bottom to see the video in streaming* Drought is one of the most costly weather-related natural…
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In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 17 the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought to promote public awareness of the issue. The European Drought Centre wants to celebrate this day and tomorrow you will find an…
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Session of interest for the European Drought Centre. HS2.1.1 – Hydrological extremes: from droughts to floods Orals: Mon, 18 Apr, 08:30–12:00 / 13:30–15:00 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/orals/20221) Posters: Mon, 18 Apr, 17:30–19:00 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/posters/20221) HS4.4 – Drought and water scarcity: monitoring, modelling and forecasting…
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The deadline for the EDC photo competition has been extended! New deadline: 15 of April 2016! For more information: https://europeandroughtcentre.com/2016/03/12/edc-photo-competition/
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