| Expert Name | Mr. Sandor Szalai |
| Title | Associate professor |
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| Institution | |
| City | Gödöllo, |
| Country | Hungarian |
| Telephone | +36 30 421-33-35 |
| Email | szalai.sandor(at)mkk.szie.hu |
| Work Experience | Hungarian Meteorological Service: climatologist, theoretical and applied climatology, Szent Istvan University: water management
US-Hungarian Research Project: Title: Drought project (Using Agrometeorological Information to Mitigate the Effects of Drought J.F.No. 673/96). Partner: Nebraska University, Lincoln, USA. Period: 1996-2000. Hungarian co-ordinator
European Climate Support Network project: Title: Drought project. Period: 2000-2002
Co-ordinator |
| Qualifications | Meteorologist MSc. (1982) Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Software planner (1992) MSc. Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Postgrad. (1997) Economical Univesity, Budapest |
| Number of Publications | 45 |
| Awards | Berényi Prize
2. Publication prize of teh HUngarian Meteorological Society |
| Other Activities | 1.expert on drought in the WG of Climate Related Matters at WMO RA VI 2006-2009
2.expert on drought in the Drought Management Task Force of WMO RA VI 2010-
3.editorial member of 'Idojárás' 1998-
4.member of Agricultural Water Management Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2000-
5.member of Meteorological Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2008- |
| Publications | 1. Szalai, S., Fatima Coelho Espirito Santo, 2003: Drought project. ECSN publications, Meteoswiss, 120 pp.
2. Szalai, S., Szinell, Cs., Zoboki, J., 2000: Drought Monitoring in Hungary. Proceedings of the Expert meeting of WMO on Drought Early Warning System, WMO, Geneva. 161-181 pp.
3. Szalai, S., Bella, Sz. and Nemeth, A., 2007: Drought sensitivity research in Hungary and influence of climate change on drought sensitivity. In: H. Dobesch, P. Dumolard and I. Dyras (eds.): Spatial Interpolation for climate data - the use of GIS in Climatology and meteorology. 2007, ISTE ltd., London, UK, 284 pp, ISBN 978-1-905209-70-5. pp.179-188
4. Szalai, S., Szinell, Cs., 2000: Comparison of two drought indices for drought monitoring in Hungary – a case study. In: Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe (ed. J.V. Vogt and F. Somma). pp. 161-166. Kluwer Academic Publishers
5. Szalai, S.: Climatologically available water tendencies in Hungary. Cereal Research Communications, Vol 36., 2008. pp. 983-986 |
| Discipline | Atmospheric Sciences |
| Last updated | 20/06/2011 11:45:00 |
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