Drought Prediction: A Focus on Groundwater - End User Listening Session
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) are holding a series of listening sessions on Drought Prediction and Water Availability to seek input on priorities and needs related to predicting water availability changes under drought conditions at national and regional scales. This input will be used to guide USGS Drought Program planning and orientation, as well as to inform other national drought programs.
This second listening session, focused on groundwater, was held on May 5, 2022, and included a short introduction to groundwater drought prediction products, followed by guided discussions with participants on research priorities for product development or improvement at the national or regional scale.
For more information, see the final USGS-NIDIS report on this series: Drought Prediction and Water Availability: A Report on the 2022 USGS-NIDIS National Listening Session Series.
Plenary Report-Out
Speaker: Joel Lisonbee, NOAA/NIDIS, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
All participants rejoined the larger session to look at key ideas from each breakout group for improvements to groundwater information and prediction. A quick poll was taken of these ideas; the results provide a preliminary sense of priorities from the session, to be further analyzed over time. These very preliminary results are provided below.
