Hydrological Drought Forecasting in Africa at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales

Patricia M. Trambauer Arechavaleta (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1982) obtained her BSc, in Civil Engineering, specialization Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in 2007 from the Faculty of Engineering, State University in Montevideo, Uruguay. While studying she was already working at the consultant company CSI Ingenieros as a project engineer assistant, and after graduation she became a project engineer at the same company.
In 2010 she obtained her MSc in Water Science and Engineering - specialization Hydrology and Water Resources - from UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands with distinction. Her thesis was entitled ＂Surface water and shallow groundwater flow systems in lowland peat areas - Case study at the Zegveld experimental farm＂.
February 2011, she started working on her PhD research at the Department of Water Science and Engineering at UNESCO-IHE. Her research was part of a larger project ＂Improved Drought Early Warning and Forecasting to Strengthen Preparedness and Adaptation in Africa＂ (DEWFORA), a collaborative project funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP-7) of the EU under the theme ＂Early warning and forecasting systems to predict climate related drought vulnerability and risks in Africa＂ (ENV 2010.1.3.3-1). The project involved the collaboration of 19 European and African partners; further details can be found at www.dewfora.com.