DRI:
Drought Research Initiative

REDE

CGEO

Extremes
Paper by Zha ,Barr, van der Kamp, Black, McCaughey and Flanagan accepted on interannual variability in evapotranspiration in western Canada
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Drought Research Initiative (DRI)

To better understand the physical characteristics of and processes influencing Canadian Prairie droughts, and to contribute to their better prediction, through a focus on the recent severe drought of 1999 - 2004/05.

Photograph taken near Consul, Saskatchewan in April 2002
(courtesy of Ted Banks, Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada)
Southern Saskatchewan, April 2003

A 2005-2010 coordinated research program with major funding from the
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences