GlobeDrought Course

Topic outline

• Introduction

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  • Welcome to the GlobeDrought course!

    Based on the GlobeDrought project and its series of webinars and online lectures, this course provides an understanding of drought and drought risk assessment, introducing state-of-the-art tools to analyse drought risk through indicators, data, and models.

    Once you have completed the course, you will be able to download a certificate of completion at the bottom of the page.

    Total time requirement: ca. 3 hours
    

  • Instructions
    

    In this course, you will find several kinds of activities:

    interactive lessons that will teach you basic concepts

    videos featuring experts from the GlobeDrought consortium

    quizzes and exercises to test your understanding

    a course certificate that you will be able to download after completing the other activities

    Next to each activity there is acheckbox that indicates whether the activity has been completed.

• Understanding Drought and Drought Risk
  • This section will provide an introduction into the concepts of drought, drought risk and related terms in the context of global change.
    Time requirement: ca. 25 minutes
    

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    Lesson: What is drought? SCORM package

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    Video: Concepts and Definitions Page

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    Lesson: Components of Drought Risk SCORM package

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    For further information on droughts and the GlobeDrought project, check out our introductory webinar as well as our webinar on Droughts and the Post-2015 Agenda.

• Meteorological Droughts
  • In this section you will learn about terms and definitions related to meteorological drought as well as relevant drought indicators.
    Time requirement: ca. 20 minutes
    

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    Video: Meteorological Droughts Page

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    Quiz: Meteorological Droughts H5P

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    Exercise: Meteorological Droughts H5P

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    For further information check out our webinar on Meteorological Droughts.

• Hydrological Droughts
  • In this section you will learn about hydrological drought and how it can be assessed and quantified.
    Time requirement: ca. 30-45 minutes
    

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    Video: Hydrological Droughts Page

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    Video: Total Water Storage Change Analysis from GRACE and Hydrological Modeling Page

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    Quiz: Hydrological Droughts H5P

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    Exercise: Hydrological Droughts (optional) Quiz

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    For further information check out our webinars on Hydrological Droughts and Total Water Storage Change Analysis from GRACE and Hydrological Modeling.

• Remote Sensing
  • In this section you will learn about how remote sensing data can be used to support drought assessment.
    Time requirement: ca. 20 minutes
    

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    Lesson: Remote Sensing and Big Data to Support Drought Assessment SCORM package

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    Video: Detecting Drought and Vegetation Health with Remote Sensing Page

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    Quiz: Remote Sensing H5P

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    For further information check out our webinar on Detecting Drought and Vegetation Health with Remote Sensing.

• Drought Impacts
  • In this section you will learn about different kinds of drought impacts and how they can be assessed.
    Time requirement: ca. 45 minutes
    

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    Video: Understanding and Assessing Risk of Drought Impacts Page

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    Lesson: Drought Impacts on Water Supply and Electricity Production SCORM package

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    Video: Drought Impacts on the Agricultural System Page

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    Video: Droughts and Food Security Page

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    Quiz: Drought Impacts H5P

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    For further information check out our webinars on Understanding and Assessing Risk of Drought Impacts, Agricultural Systems, and Food Security.

    To learn about other ways that droughts impact societies, have a look at our webinars on Migration and Gender.

• Credits
  • This course was created in the frame of the GlobeDrought project based on input from the project consortium.

    GlobeDrought is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research through its funding measure Global Resource Water (GRoW) which is part of the Sustainable Water Management (NaWaM) funding priority within the Research for Sustainable Development (FONA) framework.