1. UEE Seminar Series Coping with Drought in a Changing Climate Abstract
Distinguished Speakers’
Hosted by School of Urban & Environmental Engineering
Coping with Drought in a Changing Climate
Speaker : Jinyoung Rhee, Ph.D.
Division of Adaptation Research
Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change
Korea Environment Institute
Abstract
Both wet and dry extremes are projected to be more severe due to the
impacts of climate change. The amount of rainfall is likely to increase in
Korea with augmented intensity. Dry spells between the intense rain events
are expected to cause drought with various time scales, more often and more seriously. Since the onset and termination of drought are not easy to detect,
there have been efforts to monitor drought using a variety of drought indices
for about fifty years. Geographic Information System and remote sensing
techniques have also been used for drought studies during the recent two
decades; GIS provides useful tools for displaying and analyzing, and remotely sensed data contain invaluable drought information especially in regions with limited in-situ data. Two examples of the application of GIS and remote
sensing are presented: the delineation of climate regions using in-situ and
remote sensing data, and the monitoring of agricultural drought in arid and
humid regions using the multi-sensor remote sensing data. A web-based
application for drought monitoring in the Carolinas USA, Dynamic Drought
Index Tool is also introduced as an example of regional drought monitoring
tools.
Date & Time : 10:30 am, August 14, 2012 (Tue)
Location : 811, EB2
Contact : Prof. Myong-In Lee(2813)