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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"drought mitigation"”.
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Drought and drought mitigation in Yobe State, Nigeria
Drought is regarded as a natural phenomenon and its impacts accumulate slowly over a long period. It is considered to be insufficient precipitation that leads to water scarcity, as triggered by meteorological parameters, such as temperature, precipitation and humidity. However, drought mitigation …
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Infrastructure planning for drought mitigation under climate change
Droughts continue to be a major natural hazard and mounting evidence of global warming confronts society with a pressing question: Will climate change aggravate the risk of drought at local scale? Are current infrastructure and their operation enough to mitigate the damage of future drought, or do …
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Characterization of palmer drought index as a precursor for drought mitigation
Coping with droughts involves two phases. In the first phase drought susceptibility of a region should be assessed for developing proper additional sources of supply which will be exploited during the course of a drought. The second phase focuses on the issuance of drought warnings and exercising …
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Building a Knowledge Graph for Food, Energy, and Water Systems
… U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). Our goal is to facilitate better analytics for FEW and enable domain experts to conduct data-driven research. To construct the knowledge graph, we employ Semantic Web technologies, namely, the Resource Description …
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Soil Moisture-driven Drought Evaluation under Present and Future Conditions
Drought is one of the most severe natural disasters and detrimentally impacts water resources, agricultural production, the environment, and the economy. Climate change is expected to influence the frequency and severity of extreme droughts. This dissertation evaluates drought conditions using a …
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Classification of Fallow and Perennial Fields in High-Resolution Multispectral Aerial Images
… water demand by the agricultural sector during drought events. It is therefore important to detect and track these fields to better plan for drought mitigation and response strategies. Remote sensing offers an effective means by which this can be accomplished. An interesting and challenging …
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Detecting trend and abrupt changes in mean and extreme climate variables and assessing the impacts on agriculture
… extreme weather events (e.g., floods and droughts) have become a serious concern for agriculture, as well as human life and natural environment. Understanding how the change has affected crop yield to date will provide insights on its future possible impacts on food availability. The …
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An analysis of environmental data and corresponding stakeholder perceptions with respect to climate change and crop production in Nigeria.
… more concerned about increasing rainfall and drought than other environmental issues. Interestingly, the majority of the Nigerian public believed that climate change was IBEABUCHI KELECHI OBINNA20caused by both natural and human-induced factors, with >71% thought that the Nigerian climate has …
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INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN A DROUGHT-PRONE WATERSHED IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS
Food production shortfalls and accelerated land degradation are common in the semi-arid Ethiopian highlands. Both issues can be addressed to a significant extent by better water management. This dissertation presents four studies in eastern Amhara that examined effectiveness of a range of water …