Session: Drought Assessment and Prediction (13th Conference on Applied Climatology and the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)

Wednesday, 15 May 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Organizer: Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ.

Papers:

8:00 AM

8.1

Measured Soil Moisture during the 1999–2000 Drought in Illinois

James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and R. W. Scott

Poster PDF (44.8 kB)

8:15 AM

8.2

Monitoring droughts with improved drought index resolution

Michael J. Hayes, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Svoboda, W. J. Waltman, S. Goddard, and K. G. Hubbard

http://nadss.unl.edu

Poster PDF (224.4 kB)

8:30 AM

8.3

The quality assurance and dissemination of soil moisture data from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Gary D. McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (254.6 kB)

8:45 AM

8.4

A Soil Moisture Analysis of the Drought Conditions using the Oklahoma Mesonet

Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (758.2 kB)

9:00 AM

8.5

The value of real-time mesoscale observations to early recognition and rapid response to short-term drought

Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and H. L. Johnson

Poster PDF (375.3 kB)

9:15 AM

8.6

Three years and counting: What’s new with the Drought Monitor?

Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center/Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes and R. J. Tinker

http://drought.unl.edu/monitor/

Poster PDF (69.3 kB)

9:30 AM

8.7

Exploring moisture indices for characterizing drought in Vermont

Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

http://www.uvm.edu/~ldupigny/sc/drought_vermont.html

Poster PDF (74.2 kB)

9:45 AM

8.8

Trends in North Carolina evapotranspiration and links with water availability

Peter J. Robinson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Poster PDF (187.1 kB)

10:00 AM

8.9

Drought and Impact Disconnect: The Midwest Drought of 1999-2000

Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and S. D. Hilberg

Poster PDF (221.2 kB)

10:15 AM

8.10

Drought Risk in Agriculture

Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Poster PDF (38.4 kB)

10:30 AM

8.11

European drought climatology and prediction using the standardised precipitation index

Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes, University College London, Dorking, United Kingdom; and M. A. Saunders

10:45 AM

8.12

Climate Stability in the Great Plains

John Harrington Jr., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and M. J. Wood

Poster PDF (74.0 kB)

11:00 AM

8.13

A climatological assessment of major 20th century drought in southern Ontario, Canada

Joan M. Klaassen, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (214.6 kB)

11:15 AM

8.14

Associations between the Palmer Drought Index and various atmospheric and oceanic indices

Douglas Le Comte, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

11:30 AM

8.8A

Coffee Break

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