DocumentCode
2200924
Title
The European drought observatory
Author
Vogt, Jürgen
Author_Institution
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Action DESERT (Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought), Australia
fYear
2011
fDate
10-10 April 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
16
Abstract
Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: European drought affected areas; economic and environmental impacts of drought; European Drought Observatory (EDO); EDO system setup; current EDO products; standardized precipitation index (SPI); soil moisture; photosynthetic activity; remote sensing indicators; probabilistic drought forecasting using SPI; monthly forecasting products testing; and status and future prospects of EDO.
Keywords
photosynthesis; rain; remote sensing; soil; weather forecasting; European Drought Observatory; drought affected areas; economic impacts; environmental impacts; photosynthetic activity; probabilistic drought forecasting; remote sensing indicators; soil moisture; standardized precipitation index; Australia; Conferences; Economics; Europe; Global Earth Observation System of Systems; Rivers; Soil;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
GEOSS Workshop XL (GEOSS), 2011
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0615-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GEOSS.2011.5948940
Filename
5948940
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