An exploration of the climatic factors influencing drought, with a focus on the current western US drought and the research being undertaken in the MaRIUS project.
Western US drought, and the generation of drought datasets for risk-based impact studies
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Dr Guillod talks about the climatic factors influencing drought, the Weather @ Home citizen science approach devised to examine climatic impacts, with a focus on the Western US drought and the research being undertaken in the MaRIUS project.
Recorded at the Drought Symposium "Drought Risk and Decision Making", on 08/09/15, Exeter College, UK.
Hosted by the MaRIUS project: http://www.mariusdroughtproject.org/
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