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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Patricia M. Trambauer ArechavaletaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138373365ISBN 10: 1138373362 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 27 September 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Summary 1 General introduction 2 A review of continental scale hydrological models and their suitability for drought forecasting in (sub-Saharan) Africa 3 Comparison of different evaporation estimates over the African continent 4 Identification and simulation of space-time variability of past hydrological drought events in the Limpopo River basin 5 Downscaling the output of a low resolution hydrological model to higher resolutions 6 Hydrological drought forecasting and skill assessment for the Limpopo River basin 7 ConclusionsReviewsAuthor Information"Patricia M. Trambauer Arechavaleta (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1982) obtained her BSc, in Civil Engineering, specialization Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering, State University in Montevideo, Uruguay. While studying she was already working at the consultant company CSI Ingenieros as a project engineer assistant, and after graduation she became a project engineer at the same company. In 2010 she obtained her MSc in Water Science and Engineering - specialization Hydrology and Water Resources - from UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands with distinction. Her thesis was entitled ""Surface water and shallow groundwater flow systems in lowland peat areas – Case study at the Zegveld experimental farm"". February 2011, she started working on her PhD research at the Department of Water Science and Engineering at UNESCO-IHE. Her research was part of a larger project ""Improved Drought Early Warning and Forecasting to Strengthen Preparedness and Adaptation in Africa"" (DEWFORA), a collaborative project funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP-7) of the EU under the theme ""Early warning and forecasting systems to predict climate related drought vulnerability and risks in Africa"" (ENV 2010.1.3.3-1). The project involved the collaboration of 19 European and African partners; further details can be found at www.dewfora.com." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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