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APEC Climate Symposium 2013 

Regional Cooperation on Drought Prediction Science to Support Disaster Preparedness and Management

Jakarta, Indonesia

11-13th November 2013

www.apcc21.org/eng/acts/prosym/ann/japcc020101.jsp

SPEI Web Portal 

A web portal (sac.csic.es/spei/) has been developed that focuses on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), a recent tool for the analysis and monitoring of droughts.

The web portal provides information on the SPEI and different software tools to calculate SPEI

Venue 

The workshop was held at the European Space Agency's centre for Earth observation - ESRIN.