Drought Diagnosis: What the Medical Sciences Can Teach Us

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• Journal Title:
  Earth's Future
• Personal Author:
  Walker, David W. ; Cavalcante, Louise ; Kchouk, Sarra ; Ribeiro Neto, Germano G. ; Dewulf, Art ; Gondim, Rubens S. ; Martins, Eduardo S. Passos Rodrigues ; Melsen, Lieke A. ; Souza Filho, Francisco de Assis ; Vergopolan, Noemi ; Van Oel, Pieter R.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
• Description:
  Drought management is currently informed by a variety of approaches, mostly responding to drought crisis when it happens. Toward more effective and integrated drought management, we introduce a conceptual drought diagnosis framework inspired by diagnostic concepts from the field of medicine. This framework comprises five steps: 1. Initial diagnostic assessment; 2. Diagnostic testing; 3. Consultation; 4. Communication of the diagnosis; and 5. Treatment and prognosis. To illustrate the need for the proposed approach, four case studies of recently drought-affected regions were selected: the city of Cape Town, the state of California, the Northeast region of Brazil, and the Horn of Africa. Contrasting elements for these
• Keywords:
  Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) General Environmental Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
• Source:
  Earth's Future, 10(4)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002456
• ISSN:
  2328-4277 ; 2328-4277
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d26a5055f6098948c3da464c2956972c5e0f3ed095d0299ac3d91f8ea658c676
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/54967/noaa_54967_DS1.pdf
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