Integrated Drought Management, Volume 2
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The second volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on drought modeling, meteorological prediction, and the use of remote sensing in assessing, analyzing, and monitoring drought. It discusses risk management, planning, policy, and societal impacts of drought.

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The second volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on drought modeling, meteorological prediction, and the use of remote sensing in assessing, analyzing, and monitoring drought. It discusses risk management, planning, policy, and societal impacts of drought.
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Vijay P. Singh, PhD, DSc, is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He earned his BS, MS, PhD and DSc degrees in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an honorary diplomat of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a distinguished member of ASCE, an Honorary Member of IWRA, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, and an Honorary Member of AWRA, and a fellow of EWRI-ASCE, IAH, ISAE, IWRS, and IASWC. He has published extensively in the areas of hydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, and water resources with more than 1370 journal articles; 32 textbooks; 75 edited reference books, including Handbook of Applied Hydrology and Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers; 115 book chapters; and 315 conference papers. He has received more than 100 national and international awards, including three honorary doctorates. He is a member of 12 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH); President of American Academy of Water Resources Engineers; President of International Association for Water, Environment, Energy, and Society; and Chair of Watershed Council of American Society of Civil Engineers. He has served as editor-in-chief of five journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series. His Google Scholar citations are 72,000; h-index of 119; and I10-index of 1025. Deepak Jhajharia, PhD, is currently working as Professor in Department of Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering & Post Harvest Technology (Central Agricultural University), Ranipool, Gangtok, Sikkim, India. He is also acting as principal investigator of All India Coordinated Research Project on Plastic Engineering in Agriculture Structures and Environment Management (CAEPHT Centre) funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He studied Agricultural Engineering, graduating in 1998 from the College of Technology and Engineering (MPUAT), Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, and completed his postgrad studies in Water Resources Engineering from Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. He earned his PhD from the Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Prof. Jhajharia is the recipient of the prestigious Science Without Borders scholarship - Young Talent of CNPq (Brazil) as Research Collaborator at the Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal Rural De Pernambuco (UFRPE), Ministry of Education, Brazil. He has 22 years of academic experience and has published more than 85 papers in peer-reviewed journals, books, reports or extension bulletins. He has guided one PhD and 13 MTech theses in the field of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering along with many undergraduate theses in the field of Agricultural Engineering. He is co-editor of Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change and Applied Agricultural Practices for Mitigating Climate Change published by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. He also conducted 21-day Summer School for scientists from ICAR and faculty members from different universities of India and one 90-day skill development training programme on Greenhouse Technology for school drop-outs and unemployed rural youth from six states of northeast India. He was awarded the CSIRO Land and Water Publication Award 2013, CSIRO Australia for global review paper published in Journal of Hydrology. He was also adjudged the best extension scientist (2017-18) of the AICRP on PET in recognition of outstanding contribution for extension and popularization of Plasticulture Technologies in Sikkim. He is recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award (in 2016) by College of Technology and Engineering Alumni Society, CTAE (MPUAT), Udaipur. Prof. Jhajharia was elected as the Fellow of Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee (in 2015) and Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee (2019). He is also a life member of 14 different professional societies from India and abroad. His Google Scholar citations are 3042 and h-index of 18. Rasoul Mirabbasi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Shahrekord University, Iran. He is also Head of the Water Resources Center of Shahrekord University. His research focuses mainly on Statistical and Environmental Hydrology and Climate Change. In particular, he is working on Modeling Natural Hazards including Flood, Drought, Wind, and Pollution toward a sustainable environment. Formerly, he was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Connecticut, USA. He has contributed to more than 150 publications in journals, books, or technical reports. Dr. Mirabbasi is the reviewer of about 30 Web of Science (ISI) Journals. His Google Scholar citations are 1916 and h-index of 22. Rohitashw Kumar, PhD, is a Professor at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, She-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He is also holding the additional charge of Associate Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology and SKUAST- Kashmir, Srinagar (India). He is also Professor Water Chair (Sheikkul Alam Shiekh Nuruddin Water Chair), Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, at the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (J&K). He earned his PhD in Water Resources Engineering from NIT, Hamirpur and Master's of Engineering in Irrigation Water Management Engineering from MPUAT, Udaipur. He received the Special Research Award in 2017 and Student Incentive Award-2015 (PhD Research) from Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi. He won first prize in India for best MTech thesis in Agricultural Engineering in 2001. He graduated from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, India, in Agricultural Engineering. He has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, four practical manuals and 20 chapters in books. He has guided ten post-graduate students in soil and water engineering. He has handled more than ten research projects as a principal or co-principal investigator. Since 2011, he has been Principal Investigator of All India Coordinated Research Project on Plastic Engineering in Agriculture Structures and Environment Management (Srinagar Centre) funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. His Google Scholar citations are 1148 and h-index of 18.