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1 MEETING OF THE EXPERT GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT INDICES (Murcia, Spain, 2-4 June 2010) Mr Emmanuel CLOPPET Meteo-France 42 avenue Coriolis F TOULOUSE CEDEX 1 France Tel: Fax: emmanuel.cloppet<at>meteo.fr LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Dr Raymond MOTHA U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue Washington, D.C Tel: Fax: rmotha<at>oce.usda.gov Dr Laban OGALLO IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) P.O.Box 10304, Nairobi Nairobi Kenya Tel: Fax: logallo<at>icpac.net Dr Roger PULWARTY Physical Sciences Division Earth System Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 325 Broadway Boulder, Colorado Tel: Fax: roger.pulwarty<at>noaa.gov

2 -2- Dr Jayanta SARKAR Drought Research Unit India Meteorological Department Ganesh Khind Road Shivaji Nagar PUNE India Tel: Fax: jayantasarkar2003<at>yahoo.co.in Dr Paulo Cesar SENTELHAS Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ Engenharia Rural - LER University of Sao Paulo Av. Padua Dias, 11 Piracicaba P.O. Box 9 CEP SAO PAULO Brazil Tel: / Fax: / / pcsentelhas<at>esalq.usp.br Dr Roger STONE Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments University of Southern Queensland TOOWOOMBA, Qld 4350 Australia Tel: / Fax: stone<at>usq.edu.au Mr Mark SVOBODA National Drought Mitigation Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln, Nebraska Tel: Fax: msvoboda2<at>unl.edu Dr Donald A. WILHITE School of Natural Resources University of Nebraska-Lincoln 903 Hardin Hall 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln, Nebraska Tel: Fax: dwilhite2<at>unl.edu

3 -3- WMO SECRETARIAT Dr Mannava V.K. SIVAKUMAR Director Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch Climate and Water Department World Meteorological Organization 7bis Avenue de la Paix, Case postale 2300 CH-1211 GENEVA 2 Switzerland Tel: Fax: msivakumar<at>wmo.int UNISDR SECRETARIAT Dr Andrew MASKREY Coordinator Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction International Environment House II, 7-9, Chemin de Balexert (Room number 479), CH-1219, Geneva, Switzerland Tel: Fax: maskrey<at>un.org Mr Justin GINNETTI Associate Programme Officer Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction International Environment House II, 7-9, Chemin de Balexert CH-1219, Geneva Switzerland. Tel: Fax: ginnetti<at>un.org SPANISH PARTICIPANTS Mr Antonio MESTRE BARCELÓ Chief of the Climatology and Operating Applications Area AEMET, Spain C/ Leonardo Prieto Castro, 8 Ciudad Universitaria Tel: Fax: amestre<at>inm,es

4 -4- Mr José L. CAMACHO RUÍZ AEMET, Spain C/ Leonardo Prieto Castro, 8 Ciudad Universitaria Tel: Fax: camacho<at>inm.es Mr Alberto RODRIGUEZ FONTAL General Directorate for Water. Ministry of Environment C/Agustin de Betancourt, 25 Despacho 216 Tel: Fax: arfontal<at>mma.es Mr (to be confirmed) Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar River Avda. Blasco Ibañez, Valencia Tel: Fax: Dr. Sandra GARCÍA GALIANO Technical University of Cartagena Paseo Alfonso XIII, Cartagena Tel: Fax: sandra.garcia<at>upct.es Mr (to be confirmed) IMIDA, Murcia C/ Mayor, s/n La Alberca (Murcia) Tel: Fax:

5 HYDROGRAPHIC CONFEDERATION OF SEGURA RIVER Mr Mario URREA MALLEBRERA Chief of the Hydrological Planning Office of Segura River Basin Plaza Fontes, Murcia Tel: Fax: mario.urrea<at>chsegura.es Mr Adolfo MERIDA ABRIL Chief of Service. Office of Hydrological Planning Plaza Fontes, Murcia Tel: Fax: adolfo.merida<at>chsegura.es -5-

MEETING OF THE EXPERT GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT INDICES. (Murcia, Spain, 2-4 June 2010) LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

MEETING OF THE EXPERT GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT INDICES. (Murcia, Spain, 2-4 June 2010) LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MEETING OF THE EXPERT GROUP ON AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT INDICES (Murcia, Spain, 2-4 June 2010) Mr Emmanuel CLOPPET Meteo-France 42 avenue Coriolis F-31057 TOULOUSE CEDEX 1 France Tel: +33561 078381 Fax: +33561

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