From December 14, 2021 to March 15, 2022, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Midwest Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) and the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network co-hosted a series of four review sessions on key soil moisture products to help state climatologists and others better understand these products and their strengths and limitations.
This 2023–2025 national webinar series—Strengthening the National Weather Service Drought Toolbox—will enable National Weather Service field office staff, operational meteorologists, climatologists and hydrologists, to embed new drought tools, products, and insights into local and regional drought services.
The AASC Mesonet Community Meeting will be an in-person gathering July 26-28, 2023, open to all members of the mesonet community. The AASC Mesonet Committee hopes to integrate opportunities for attendees to interact to continue to foster the community, share lessons learned, and build a connection of resources for everyone’s success.
The Soil Moisture Network Operators Workshop was designed to provide a forum for peer-to-peer sharing for mesonet operators and others who are involved in—or are interested in learning about—the collection and generation of soil moisture data from in situ resources.
The National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network is hosting a quarterly seminar series to regularly share innovative soil moisture research activities. This seminar will focus on monitoring and assessing drought impacts and fire risk in forested environments.
The 2023 National Soil Moisture Workshop was held on August 14–17, 2023 in Beltsville, Maryland. This workshop provided a unique opportunity for those involved in soil moisture research, monitoring, and applications to come together in an interactive format to exchange ideas and develop collaborations across their areas of interest and with the user community.