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Author:   Chris Funk (Research Director for the Climate Hazards Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA) ,  Shraddhanand Shukla (Researcher with the Climate Hazards Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780128140116

ISBN 10:   0128140119
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   03 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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1. Droughts, governance, disasters, and response systems 2. Drought early warning—definitions, challenges, and opportunities 3. Drought early warning systems 4. Tools of the trade 1—weather and climate forecasts 5. Tools of the trade 2—land surface models 6. Tools of the trade 3—mapping exposure and vulnerability 7. Theory—understanding atmospheric demand in a warming world 8. Theory—indices for measuring drought severity 9. Sources of drought early warning skill, staged prediction systems, and an example for Somalia 10. Practice—evaluating forecast skill 11. Practice—integrating observations and climate forecasts 12. Practice—actionable information and decision-making networks 13. Final thoughts

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Chris Funk is a senior scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center and Research Director for the Climate Hazards Center at University of California, Santa Barbara, United States. Since 1999 he has worked closely with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, developing new techniques, data sets, and methods for improved drought early warning. He has published over 140 papers and reports, and currently helps guide the development of early warning and climate adaptation science for the U.S. Geological Survey, working closely with partners from UCSB, USAID, NASA, and NOAA. Shraddhanand Shukla is a researcher with the Climate Hazards Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States. He is a large-scale hydrologist with primary research interests and over 10 years of experience in drought monitoring and forecasting. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed journal articles. His current work, which is funded by NASA, NOAA, USAGS, USAID, NSF, etc., focuses primarily on improving existing drought monitoring and early warning capabilities nationally (California and Nevada region) and internationally (primarily Africa and the Middle East) using remote sensing datasets, large-scale hydrologic models, and weather/climate forecasts.

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