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Drought Early Warning and Information Tools

Drought Early Warning and Information Tools. KT Ingram Presented to Southeast-ACF Drought Early Warning Information System Development Workshop: Apalachicola River & Bay NIDIS Pilot 27-28 April 2010, Apalachicola, FL. The many faces of drought. Climatological – SPI deviation from normal

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Drought Early Warning and Information Tools

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  1. Drought Early Warning and Information Tools KT Ingram Presented to Southeast-ACF Drought Early Warning Information System Development Workshop: Apalachicola River & Bay NIDIS Pilot 27-28 April 2010, Apalachicola, FL

  2. The many faces of drought • Climatological – SPI deviation from normal • Hydrological – Streamflow, groundwater depth • Local vs indirect • Agricultural – reduced growth, yield, quality • Rainfedvs irrigated • Duration, intensity, and timing • Drought and heat

  3. Outline • US Drought Portal • NIDIS • National drought monitor • River Forecast Center • US Geological Survey • State Climate Offices • LGMI high resolution monitoring • Southeast Climate Consortium • KBDI forecast • LGMI monitoring and forecast • ARID monitoring

  4. Drought.gov

  5. Interactive map viewer – Current DM http://www.drought.gov/portal/server.pt/community/drought_gov/map_viewer

  6. Interactive map viewer -- Outlook http://www.drought.gov/portal/server.pt/community/drought_gov/map_viewer

  7. SE River Forecast Center:Current conditions www.srh.noaa.gov.serfc

  8. SE River Forecast CenterPrecipitation forecast

  9. waterwatch.usgs.gov

  10. USGA Ground water monitoring

  11. Alabama Office of the State ClimatologistLGMI is updated daily, based on Doppler radar precipitation estimates to give a 4 km × 4 km resolution http://nsstc.uah.edu/aosc/lawn_garden_se.html

  12. AgroClimate.org AgroClimate is a web-based decision support system, which was developed by the SECC and is now hosted by Florida Cooperative Extension When SECC drought tools have been tested and evaluated by users, they are added to AgroClimate

  13. Wildfire threat forecast http://agroclimate.org/forestry/wildfire/wildfire.php

  14. http://elnino.agen.ufl.edu/forecasts/LGMI/map/

  15. LGMI: monitor and forecast

  16. Agricultural Reference Index for Drought – ARIDAn experimental product

  17. ARID Monitor – forecast to be added

  18. Please visit us at: • AgroClimate.org • SEClimate.org • Open.AgroClimate.org

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