A presentation given by Courtney Black of NOAA/NIDIS at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Presentation focuses primarily on the goals of NIDIS, methods for achieving these goals and an outlook for the future development of these goals.
A presentation given by Pat Guinan, a Missouri State Climatologist, at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Discusses the potential for flash drought in the state of Missouri and provides statistics to show how this can occur.
A presentation given by Amy Beussink, Director, Missouri Water Science Center, USGS at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Introduces some of the drought-related activities being performed by USGS as well as some of the products and tools they produce on drought.
A presentation given by Tom Maier, Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Provides a summary of the Ohio River Basin Climate Change Pilot Study.
Overview of the state drought plan for Missouri.
A presentation given by Amy Shields, Environmental Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency, at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Discusses the EPA’s role in supporting drought early warning, showing some of the different tools used in this.
How forecasters put together their predictions.
A presentation given by Charlie DuCharme, Senior Hydrologist, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Discusses components of Missouri’s drought plan and shows pages from the drought plan itself.
Overview of Federal interagency collaboration on drought.