From 2005-09-26 to 2005-09-30

Venue: Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water Resources Centre (HTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Summary:
The objective of the study course is to teach and discuss techniques and tools for the analysis of surface water and groundwater droughts. Course themes are:
• hydro-climatology and drought-sensitive regions around the world
• introduction to drought definitions
• drought-generating hydrological processes
• frequency analyses and extreme value analyses
• regionalization and estimation at the ungauged site
• physically-based modelling and assessment of human impacts
• aquatic ecology.

Organizers: The study course is convened and sponsored by the National Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany for the International Hydrological The study course is convened and sponsored by German National Committee for IHP/UNESCO and HWRP/WMO and co-sponsored by the UNESCO Jakarta Office, WMO and HTC Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Contact Name: Gerhard Strigel
E-mail: strigel@bafg.de
URL: http://ihp.bafg.de/servlet/is/6800/KualaLumpur-2005-Announcement-Faltblatt.pdf