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U.S. Drought Monitor

Web Editor — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:58:47 +0000

The U.S. Drought Monitor is a map released every Thursday, showing parts of the U.S. that are in drought. The map uses five classifications: abnormally dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought: moderate (D1), severe (D2), extreme (D3) and exceptional (D4).

The Drought Monitor has been a team effort since its inception in 1999, produced jointly by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The NDMC hosts the website of the drought monitor and the associated data, and provides the map and data to NOAA, USDA and other agencies.

The USDA uses the drought monitor to trigger disaster declarations and eligibility for low-interest loans. The Farm Service Agency uses it to help determine eligibility for their Livestock Forage Program, and the Internal Revenue Service uses it for tax deferral on forced livestock sales due to drought. State, local, tribal and basin-level decision-makers use it to trigger drought responses, ideally along with other more local indicators of drought.

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Drought Severity Evaluation Tool

Web Editor — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:48:56 +0000

The Drought Severity Evaluation Tool is one of the Climate Engine Research App leverages the power of cloud computing to enable users to analyze decades of satellite and climate data. Already, this powerful tool is being used by the US Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, and NOAA, among others.

The Climate Engine App is a no-code solution for on-demand cloud computing and visualization of climate and satellite Earth Observation data. It is for academic and non-commercial research only.
Climate Engine allows looking at datasets either through map layers or time series figures.

The Drought Severity Evaluation Tool

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Slapis EWS

Web Editor — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:35:52 +0000

SLAPIS, Local Early Warning System for Floods of the Sirba, is an integrated system that aims to promote decision-making and behavioural changes from reactive to proactive attitudes to adapt to climate change and reduce hydrological risk in the Municipalities of the Sirba.
The philosophy of SLAPIS is to demonstrate that institutions and communities can set up a simple system built on existing skills and tools that allows the proactive use of hydrological and hydraulic information and forecasts to reduce the risk of flooding.

The system integrates local observations with meteorological and hydrological forecasts through a risk information system, an integrated information and communication mechanism, flood risk mapping, local flood risk reduction plans and awareness raising and training.

SLAPIS a été développé dans le cadre du projet ANADIA 2.0 par une équipe pluridisciplinaire coordonnée par le DIST (Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio del Politecnico e dell’Università di Torino) et composée par la Direction de l’Hydrologie et la Direction de la Météorologie Nationale du Niger et IBE-CNR. Le projet a été cofinancé par l’Agence Italienne pour la Coopération au Développement.

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Drought Observatory

Web Editor — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:29:26 +0000

Climate Services for the Mediterranean Basin Operational Services for decision makers, water management authorities and stakeholders.

WEBGIS, Monthly Bulletin – at present only available in Italian for Tuscany Region, and other services.

The complexity of the drought phenomenon requires the availability of a system as comprehensive and integrated as possible to respond to the different users’ requests.

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