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D rought Research Needs
An improved weather information network is a priority for drought mon-
itoring and for developing early warning systems in Korea. Cooperation
between neighboring countries for sharing weather information will be re-
quired for drought monitoring on a real-time basis.
Process-based simulation models can be used to better understand cli-
mate change and its impacts on crop production. Geographic informa-
tion systems and remote sensing and spatial analysis techniques and mod-
els dealing with soil-crop-atmospheric interactions need to be further
exploited to improve drought monitoring.

C onclusions
In Korea, drought has always been the most severe natural disaster. Rapid
progress has been made to understand this climatically complex phenom-
enon by developing various drought indices. Cooperative studies between
go vernmental institutions and universities will stimulate efforts to discover
the causes of drought. At the national level, the Korea Meteorological
Administration has an important role to play by providing quality weather
data and drought information. RDA has the important role of studying
agricultural droughts and associated soil and crop environments to build
a solid research background and provide decision-support information
to administrators. Dissemination of drought information to its users will
improve agricultural drought studies.

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AC KNOWLEDGMENTS Dr. Kennenth A. Sudduth of USDA-ARS, Columbia, Mis-
so uri, read an earlier draft of this chapter and offered valuable comments.

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