Impacts of Desertification and Drought and Other Extreme Meteorological Events
Available online: http://www.wamis.org/agm/pubs/CAGMRep/CAGM101.pdf
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; I.G. Gringof ; E. Mersha ; K.C. Sinha Ray ; P. Spasov
Published by: WMO ; 2006The report starts with an overview of the desertfication and drought and then summarizes the assessment of desertification, drought And other extreme meteorological events. Next, the report gives an overview of the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and methods to mitigate the effects of drought. In conjuction with this chapter, the Annex provides a summary of the National Action Programme for India. Then, the report summarizes the actions to be taken by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) for the UNCCD. There is a brief chapter on a proposed structure for an expert system on extreme meteorological events. The last chapter provides conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group.
Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1343; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)- No. 101
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)
Tags: Natural hazards ; Drought ; Desertification ; Extreme weather event ; Agriculture ; Impact studies ; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) 
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