Drought trigger tool, precipitation maps, drought indices for Midwest and nation.
A presentation given by Roger S. Pulwarty 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 touches on NIDIS’s mission, partnerships, issues facing this kind of work and provides visual and quantitative evidence to show that drought has become and increasingly prevalent occurrence in the United States.
Using observation networks, rainfall anomalies, soil moisture data to provide early warning of drought.
A presentation given by Mark Svoboda of the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) 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 approach taken in developing the U.S. Drought Monitor, including the components taken into consideration when doing so.
Overview of how weather affects reservoir management in the Midwest.
A presentation given by Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, 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 various tools produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center and kind of provides a run thru of the site’s different features.
Links list for FEMA resources which address drought.
A presentation given by Steve Buan, Service Coordination Hydrologist, National Weather Service River Forecast Center at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Discusses some of the work done by the National Weather Service River Forecast Centers.
Drought planning tools and theory.
A presentation given by Beth Freeman, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the Midwest Climate Outlook and Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting that took place February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. One slide listing three different drought resource links.