>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The occurrence of droughts is a threat to global water resources and natural ecosystems, with the impact being more profound in semi-arid environments. The frequency of droughts is likely to increase because of climate change, and this poses a huge threat to the available water resources, to livelihoods and to ecosystems. Routine drought monitoring is fundamental for developing an early warning system and an area-specific drought mitigation and adaptation framework. Surface waterbodies, especially those in arid and semi-arid environments, are vulnerable to the impacts of drought. The development of moderate-resolution sensors, such as the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI), allow new opportunities to monitor droughts and their impact on surface waterbodies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/8612 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Bhaga, Trisha |
| Contributors | Dube, Timothy |
| Publisher | University of Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of Western Cape |
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