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UNDERSTANDING AND MANIPULATING DROUGHT - A PERMANENT CHALLENGE

Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir

First published: 2017-11-20https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2017h/43/s19.073View metrics

Abstract

As a natural hazard, drought is best characterized by multiple parameters of climate, hydrology, meteorology etc. Understanding the links (relations, interdependencies) between these parameters is critical for identifying, adopting and implementing measures for mitigating the impacts of droughts. The reasons for the occurrence of droughts are complex, because they are dependent not only on the atmosphere but also on the hydrologic processes which feed moisture to the atmosphere. Moreover, the conceptual and structural characteristics of a drought make this phenomenon to be very hardly predicted and difficult to analyze. In addition, climate changes will increase the uncertainties related to drought and its effects on ecosystems. As a result, researches on drought manipulation experiments should focus on ecological drought as being the most relevant for understanding this phenomenon. Thus, some questions are rising: Can be drought manipulated in a real and reliable way? What kind of drought can be manipulated? This paper, based on authorпїЅs participation at COST action ES1308, will try to provide a review of fundamental concepts of drought needed in potential experiments focused on drought manipulation.

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Title
UNDERSTANDING AND MANIPULATING DROUGHT - A PERMANENT CHALLENGE
Authors
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir
Proceedings
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings; 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2017, Energy and Clean Technologies
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2017
Pages
577-584
SWS Citekey
Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir201719577584
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
978-619-7408-28-7
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Keywords
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