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.
Overview of Iowa drought planning.
A presentation given by Mark Svoboda, 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 drought risk management, mitigation based drought planning and drought plan components.
A look at the drought-flood relationship, including:
• Droughts can happen even in a wetter climate
• Quickly go from drought to flood & from flood to drought within months
• Heavy, high-intensity thunderstorms are not always effective drought relief
Dec. – Feb. 2016 impacts, temperature and precipitation anomalies. Outlooks for April – June 2016.
How drought affects wildlife.