Implementation roadmap for downscaling drought forecasts in Mbeere using ITIKI

International Telecommunication Union - Proceedings of the 2013 ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference: Building Sustainable Communities, K 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 63-70

  Masinde, Muthoni ^a   Bagula, Antoine ^a   Muthama, Nzioka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Drought Early Warning System; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Knowledge Weather Forecasts; ITIKI; Mbeere

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; ITIKI; MBEERE; NATURAL DISASTERS; WEATHER STATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DROUGHT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RAIN; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84881272297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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