We are pleased to announce that the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting, held on 23-27 January 2011 in Seattle, WA, USA, will include a session on Drought Analysis, Monitoring and Prediction as part of the 25th Conference on Hydrology. This session will focus on efforts to characterize drought via models or observations, the development of drought indicators, the prediction of drought onset and drought recovery, the monitoring of drought, and research toward improving our understanding of the hydroclimatology of drought.

In addition, the Conference on Hydrology is offering a related session on "Drought Management, Policy, and Social Implications" with joint sponsorship from the 6th Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research.

We encourage you to submit an abstract by August 9, 2010. For online abstract submission go to the AMS annual meetings page: http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual, select "Submit Abstract", and select the "25th Conference on Hydrology". A topic list will follow; select "Drought Analysis, Monitoring and Prediction". Submitting your abstract to this session assures that the session organizers will see it.

Speaking presentations are limited due to the tremendous array of topics covered at the Annual Meeting. Therefore, please indicate during the online submission process if you would be willing to accept (or would prefer) a poster presentation. We will do our best to accommodate all submissions, particularly those of our international participants.

There is a $95 USD abstract submission fee charged by AMS which must be paid at the time of submission. Conference organizers are not allowed to accept submissions without advance payment. For additional details, see the Call for Papers from the AMS annual meetings homepage. You may also contact the conveners if your questions are not answered by the online resources.

We appreciate your consideration of the meeting and hope that you can join us in Seattle!

Best regards,

Randy Koster, NASA GSFC, ailtorandal.d.koster@nasa.gov
Kingtse Mo, NOAA NWS Climate Prediction Center, kingtse.mo@noaa.gov
Andy Wood, NOAA NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, andy.wood@noaa.gov