Palmer Drought Index — The Palmer Drought Index, sometimes called the Palmer Drought Severity Index and often abbreviated PDSI, is a measurement of dryness based on recent precipitation and temperature. It was developed by meteorologist Wayne Palmer, who first… … Wikipedia
Keetch-Byram Drought Index — The Keetch Byram Drought Index (KBDI), created by John Keetch and George Byram in 1968 for the United States Department of Agriculture s Forest Service, outlines mathematical models for predicting the likelihood of wildfire based on soil moisture … Wikipedia
Drought — For other uses, see Drought (disambiguation). Fields outside Benambra, Victoria, Australia suffering from drought conditions. A drought (or drouth [archaic]) is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water… … Wikipedia
Indice de sècheresse de Palmer — L’indice de sècheresse de Palmer, parfois appelé indice de sévérité de la sécheresse de Palmer et souvent abrégé en PDSI (de l anglais Palmer Drought Severity Index), est une mesure de la sècheresse fondée sur les précipitations et les… … Wikipédia en Français
Indice de sévérité de la sécheresse de Palmer — Indice de sècheresse de Palmer L’indice de sècheresse de Palmer, parfois appelé indice de sévérité de la sécheresse de Palmer et souvent abrégé en PDSI (de l anglais Palmer Drought Severity Index), est une mesure de la sècheresse fondée sur les… … Wikipédia en Français
Sahel drought — The Sahel drought from the late 1960s to early 1980s created a famine that killed a million people and afflicted more than 50 million.Fact|date=September 2008 The economies, agriculture, livestock and human populations of much of Mauritania, Mali … Wikipedia
G. V. Loganathan — Infobox Scientist name = G. V. Loganathan image size = 125 × 163 pixels caption = Prof. G. V. Loganathan birth date = April 8, 1954 birth place = flagicon|India Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India death date = death date… … Wikipedia
Bronze Age collapse — The fall of Troy, an event recounted in Greek mythology at the end of the Bronze Age, as represented by the 17th century painter Kerstiaen De Keuninck. Bronze Age … Wikipedia
Dome Fire — Smoke from the Dome Fire dominated this view from Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Dome Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Jemez Mountains in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Devastating portions of the Santa Fe… … Wikipedia
Sea Peoples — The Sea Peoples is the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders of the second millennium BC who sailed into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter or control Egyptian territory during the… … Wikipedia
