Feb 9

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National Listening Session Series Kick-off: Drought Prediction and Water Availability

February 9, 2022

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) webinar served as the kickoff to a series of listening sessions 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 webinar, held on February 9, 2022, introduced upcoming end user listening sessions and provided a short overview of the USGS Drought Program work to characterize hydrological (e.g., streamflow and groundwater) drought variability, drivers and trends over the past century.

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Intro and Welcome

Speaker: Joel Lisonbee, NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Overview of today’s kick-off meeting
Who’s who at USGS and NIDIS?

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USGS Drought Science Overview

Speaker: Brian Clark, USGS Drought Science Program and Water Availability and Use Science Program

Why USGS and drought?
USGS drought projects
Why are we working together to seek input from you?
Where are we headed?

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Hydrologic Drought Prediction Projects

Speaker: John Hammond, USGS Regional Drought Project Manager

What is hydrological drought?
Characterizing streamflow drought
Predicting streamflow drought

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Questions and Answers

Moderator: Katharine Dahm, USGS Rocky Mountain Region

View Webinar Questions & Answers (PDF)

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Next Steps

Speaker: Joel Lisonbee, NOAA/NIDIS, CIRES

Please join us for a series of listening sessions on hydrological drought prediction.
End user listening session schedule:
- Drought Prediction: A Focus on Streamflow - End User Listening Session, March 3, 2022
- Drought Prediction: A Focus on Groundwater - End User Listening Session, May 5, 2022
- Drought Prediction: Water Use Information - End User Listening Session, July 14, 2022
- Drought Prediction: Water Availability Prediction for Ecosystems - End User Listening Session, September 8, 2022
- National Listening Session Series Next Steps: Drought Prediction and Water Availability, October 20, 2022
What we are listening for
Register for the upcoming listening sessions.

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