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Enhancing Drought Early Warning Capabilities for Agricultural and Tribal Stakeholders in the Missouri River Basin Using Fast Response Drought Indicators
NIDIS-Supported Research
Main Summary
This project aims to enhance drought early warning capabilities for farmers and ranchers in the Missouri River Basin using fast response drought indicators and gaining a better understanding of their monitoring and forecasting needs.
Though the project will focus on farmers and ranchers in the Missouri River Basin, the analysis and visualization techniques developed during the project will be applicable to the entire U.S. Improved understanding of the social and physical impacts of drought will support drought mitigation efforts by scientists from university, federal, and non-profit organizations.
For more information, please contact Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov).
Research Snapshot
Research Timeline
2016 - 2020
Principal Investigator(s)
Jason A. Otkin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tonya Haigh, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project Funding
Coping with Drought FY 2016
Related Research Publications
- "Investigating the Relationship between the Evaporative Stress Index and Land Surface Conditions in the Contiguous United States." Journal of Hydrometeorology, July 2020.
- "Drought Early Warning and the Timing of Range Managers’ Drought Response." Advances in Meteorology, October 2019.
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Research Scope
Regional
DEWS Region(s)
