TUTORIAL SESSION

Droughts in a Changing Climate Environment

Prof. Lawrence Nkemdirim
University of Calgary, Canada
nkemdiri@ucalgary.ca

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Lawrence Nkemdirim holds PhD and DSc degrees. He is professor of Climatology and Hydrology at the University of Calgary, Canada, and Director of the Weather Research Centre. Prior to his doctorates, he trained as a weather forecaster and worked with the Meteorological Service in Lagos, Nigeria. He received his hydrological training at the Hydrological Institute, Wallingford, England. He has taught climatology and hydrology at Canada's Universities of Toronto and McMaster and in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies. His research focus is on climate-water systems, meso-climates, and climate change and variability. He is editor of UNESCO's Encyclopaedia on Life Support Systems (Canada and the United States) and lead scientist for the International Council of Scientific Unions' sponsored research on extreme events. Lawrence is past chair of the Commission on Climatology of the International Geographical Union and Secretary of the Study Group on Applied Tropical Climatology and Human Settlements. He has authored/co-authored more than 200 articles and books on climatology, hydrology and water resources. He is a consultant to governments, local communities and the energy industry on environmental impacts.

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