Dube, TimothyBhaga, Trisha2022-01-192024-11-062022-01-192024-11-062021https://hdl.handle.net/10566/17631>Magister Scientiae - MScThe occurrence of droughts is a threat to global water resources and natural ecosystems, with the impact being more profound in semi-arid environments. The frequency of droughts is likely to increase because of climate change, and this poses a huge threat to the available water resources, to livelihoods and to ecosystems. Routine drought monitoring is fundamental for developing an early warning system and an area-specific drought mitigation and adaptation framework. Surface waterbodies, especially those in arid and semi-arid environments, are vulnerable to the impacts of drought. The development of moderate-resolution sensors, such as the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI), allow new opportunities to monitor droughts and their impact on surface waterbodies.enClimate changeDroughtEvapotranspirationSatellite dataSurface waterbodiesUniversity of Western Cape