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| Title |
| EWS for Flood, Drought in Africa |
| Maintained By |
Zimbabwean Meteorological Service |
| Warning Years |
, 1993, 1993, 1997, |
| Variable Monitored |
rainfall, evaporation, cold cloud duration, vegetation index, estimated 10 day rainfall, no. of rain days in a given period, onset of sowing rains, air temperature, crop forecast |
| Format |
GIS, Remote Sensing, Other |
| Continuous Data |
No |
| Real Time Data |
No |
| Data Source |
DMC Harare, METEOSAT, NOAA |
| Data Flow granted for |
Unknown |
| Funded Life Time of EWS |
Unknown |
| Technical Description |
| No Technical Description available |
| Publications |
| Bonifacio, R. & Grimes, D.I.F. (1998): Drought and flood warning in southern Africa. In: Lee, B. & Davis, I. (1998): IDNDR Flagship Programme: Forecasts and Warnings. Sponsored by the UK National Coordination Committee for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction , Thomas Telford Publishing, pp 2.1-2.40.
Bonifacio, R., Diop, M. & Grimes, D.I.F. (1996): The use of METEOSAT and NOAA AVHRR data in the hydrological modelling of a semi-arid catchment in West Africa. In: Parlow, E. (ed.), Progress in Environmental Remote Sensing Research and Applications, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam. |
| Conditions that Trigger The Warning |
| No Trigger conditions available |
| Recipients of the Warning |
Zimbabwean Government - Government
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, and Water Development - Government
Dept. of Water Affaires (planned) - Government
Office of the Vice-President (planned) - Government
Zambezi River Authority (planned) - Government
National Early Warning Unit (planned) - NGO
USAID/FEWS (planned) - NGO
World Food Programme WFP (planned) - NGO
Zambian National Farmers Union (planned) - NGO
Communal Farmers - Other
Zambia Electricity Supply Company (planned) - Other
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| History of the Warning |
1.
Warning Issued:
Warning Followed By event:No
Action Triggered: GMB budgeted for maize to cover pre-harvest gap(Zimbabwe)
2.
Warning Issued:1993,Juli
Warning Followed By event:No
Action Triggered: GMB officials went to RSA and arranged contract for 100,000 tonnes of maize (Zimbabwe)
3.
Warning Issued:1993,November
Warning Followed By event:No
Action Triggered: appeals for emergency maize shipments (Zimbabwe)
4.
Warning Issued:1997,März
Warning Followed By event:No
Action Triggered: official regional appeal made for donor assistance at Geneva pledging conference (Zimbabwe)
5.
Warning Issued:
Warning Followed By event:No
Action Triggered: unknown
Comments: No comments on the History |
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