Improving Drought Services in Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands
Event Description
For more than five years, NIDIS’s partnerships in Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (U.S. API) have laid the groundwork for greater drought early warning capacity in the region.
The U.S. API includes three U.S. territories—American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, three independent countries—the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, and the Pacific Remote Islands.
With the Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange (PDKE), NIDIS has contributed to collaborative initiatives bringing researchers together with local managers, farmers, ranchers, and cultural practitioners to co-produce actionable drought information.
This webinar will highlight several collaborative efforts and tools between NIDIS and PDKE to improve drought planning and preparedness across Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.
Featured Presentations
- Welcome Remarks
- Amanda Sheffield | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder; NOAA NIDIS
- Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange and NIDIS Partnership: Improving Drought Preparedness in Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands
- Dr. Abby Frazier | Clark University, Graduate School of Geography
- The Hawai‘i Rangeland Information Portal (H-RIP)
- Cherryle Manzano | University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
- Hawai‘i Climate Portfolios
- Derek Ford | University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
- Hawai‘i Climate Data Portal Monthly Climate Summaries
- Dr. Ryan Longman | University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
This webinar will be recorded.
For more information, please contact Amanda Sheffield (amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov).
