Priority questions in multidisciplinary drought research

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Authors

TRNKA Miroslav HAYES Michael JUREČKA František BARTOŠOVÁ Lenka ANDERSON Martha BRÁZDIL Rudolf BROWN Jesslyn CAMARERO Jesus J. CUDLÍN Pavel DOBROVOLNÝ Petr EITZINGER Josef FENG Song FINNESSEY Taryn GREGORIC Gregor HAVLIK Petr HAIN Christopher HOLMAN Ian JOHNSON David KERSEBAUM Kurt Christian LJUNGQVIST Fredrik Charpentier LUTERBACHER Jürg MICALE Fabio HARTL-MEIER Claudia MOŽNÝ Martin NEJEDLIK Pavol OLESEN Jorgen Eivind RUIZ-RAMOS Margarita RÖTTER Reimund P. SENAY Gabriel VICENTE- SERRANO Sergio M. SVOBODA Mark SUSNIK Andreja TADESSE Tsegaye VIZINA Adam WARDLOW Brian ŽALUD Zdeněk BÜNTGEN Ulf

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Climate Research
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v75/n3/p241-260/
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr01509
Keywords Drought climatology; Climate change; Drought monitoring; Drought forecasting; Drought adaptation; Drought planning; Drought mitigation
Description Addressing timely and relevant questions across a multitude of spatiotemporal scales, state-of-the-art interdisciplinary drought research will likely increase in importance under projected climate change. Given the complexity of the various direct and indirect causes and consequences of a drier world, scientific tasks need to be coordinated efficiently. Drought-related research endeavors ranging from individual projects to global initiatives therefore require prioritization. Here, we present 60 priority questions for optimizing future drought research. This topical catalogue reflects the experience of 65 scholars from 21 countries and almost 20 fields of research in both natural sciences and the humanities. The set of drought-related questions primarily covers the drought monitoring, impacts, forecasting, climatology, adaptation, as well as planning and policy. The questions highlight the increasingly important role of remote sensing techniques in drought monitoring, importance of drought forecasting and understanding the relationships between drought parameters and drought impacts but also challenges of drought adaptation and preparedness policies.
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