DROUGHT INVESTIGATIONS.

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dc.contributor.authorHiemstra L.A.V.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:05:59Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:05:59Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.description.abstractDroughts are usually classified as meteorological, agricultural or hydrological, depending on the variables under investigation. The investigations vary from the purely descriptive through severity classifications to modelling and simulation. Drought predictions in real time do not seem to be useful as yet. Drought probabilities have value in the selection of strategies which try to minimize the negative effects of droughts. More work is needed, especially, on hydrological drought. The methods of analysis should become, in general, more sophisticated. Available techniques to optimize drought strategies should find wider practical applications. A national water plan for South Africa is needed.
dc.description.versionConference Paper
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13227
dc.publisherSouth African Dep of Environment Affairs (Technical Report n TR 119), Pretoria, S Afr
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGY
dc.subjectDROUGHT PREDICTIONS
dc.subjectDROUGHT PROBABILITIES
dc.subjectDROUGHT STUDIES
dc.subjectSEVERITY CLASSIFICATIONS
dc.subjectSTRATEGY SELECTION
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.titleDROUGHT INVESTIGATIONS.
dc.typeConference Paper
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