Assessing Drought in a Changing Climate
How will climate change affect how we assess drought? How can we assess if a drought was made worse because of a warming climate? This webinar, hosted by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), focused on challenges in assessing and communicating drought conditions in a changing climate. The presentations and feedback received during this webinar will help NWS to develop practical field office guidance for messaging drought in a changing climate, based on the best available science.
December 6 Webinar Details
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 from 3–4 p.m. ET
Presentations:
- Welcome: Meredith Muth, NIDIS; Maggie Hurwitz, NWS
- State of the Science Overview: Joel Lisonbee, NIDIS
- Monitoring and Communicating Drought in a Changing Climate: Arin Peters, NWS Western Region Hydrology Program Manager
- Attribution and Uncertainty of Droughts: Andy Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory; Brian Brettschneider, NWS Anchorage Alaska
- Q&A and Discussion: Maggie Hurwitz, NWS
2023–2024 NWS-NIDIS Webinar Series: Strengthening the NWS Drought Toolbox
This webinar is part of the 2023–2024 NWS-NIDIS Webinar Series: Strengthening the NWS Drought Toolbox. This webinar series will enable NWS field office staff, and operational meteorologists and climatologists, to embed new drought tools, products, and insights into local and regional drought services. NWS and NIDIS are jointly hosting this webinar series, building on the previous joint NWS-NIDIS webinar series on flash drought (2021) and soil moisture (2022).
Previous and upcoming webinars in this series:
- Improving Local Drought Awareness and Messaging Using New NWS Drought Information Statements (August 28, 2023)
- Monitoring, Predicting, and Communicating Flash Drought in your Region (October 17, 2023)
- Identifying Key Drought Indicators for Your Location and Application (TBD 2024)
- Understanding, Translating, and Messaging Drought Conditions: Providing Guidance to Stakeholders During a Drought (TBD 2024)
For more information, please contact Maggie Hurwitz (margaret.hurwitz@noaa.gov) or Meredith Muth (meredith.f.muth@noaa.gov).
