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Oral Programme HS5.5

HS5.5

Drought, Water Scarcity and Food Security: Forecasting, warning and natural resources management
Co-Conveners: Ana Iglesias , Jochen Froebrich 
Oral Programme
 / Tue, 05 Apr, 13:30–15:00  / Room 39
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Tue, 05 Apr, 17:30–19:00  / Display Tue, 05 Apr, 08:00–19:30  / Hall A

Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Room 39
13:30–13:45
EGU2011-1574
Improving Drought Preparedness in the United States: Are We Making Progress in Breaking the Hydro-illogical Cycle?
Donald Wilhite
13:45–14:00
EGU2011-9205
Group on Earth Observation (GEO) Global Drought Monitor
William Pozzi, Douglas Cripe, Richard Heim, Michael J. Brewer, Justin Sheffield, Stefan Niemeyer, Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes, Leliana Nunez, Blair Trewin, and Wolfgang Wagner and the W. Pozzi
14:00–14:15
EGU2011-9910
Drought hazard mapping in Africa: preliminary results
Paulo Barbosa, Stephanie Horion, Blaz Kurnik, and Juergen Vogt
14:15–14:30
EGU2011-11225
Climate Change versus Demographic Change: Impacts on Future Water Resources
Wouter Buytaert, Francisco Cuesta, and Bert De Bièvre
14:30–14:45
EGU2011-12507
Water scarcity and distribution in sub-Saharan Africa; Impact of local spatio-temporal variability in meteorological data on estimating stream flow at basin scale
Erik Querner, Jochen Froebrich, and Sjaak Conijn
14:45–15:00
EGU2011-13350
Valuing drought information for irrigation farmers: potential development of a hydrological risk insurance in Spain
Sonia Quiroga, Luis Garrote, Zaira Fernández-Haddad, and Ana Iglesias