92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Session 5A The 2011 South Central U.S. Drought—Impacts, Adaptation, and Best Practices

Tuesday, 24 January 2012: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Room 354 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
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Chair:  Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
Papers:
  1:30 PM
5A.1
Introductory Remarks

  1:45 PM
5A.1
Climatological Context and Impacts of the 2011 Drought in Texas
Victor W. Murphy, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
5A.2
Managing Exceptional Drought in Oklahoma
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and G. McManus
Recorded Presentation

  2:15 PM
5A.3
Status of State Drought Planning and Response in the United States
Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes
Recorded Presentation

  2:30 PM
5A.4
Challenges to the Lower Colorado River Authority Created by the Exceptional Drought of 2011
Bob Rose, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, TX
Recorded Presentation

  2:45 PM
5A.5
Assessing and Responding to the 2011 Southern Plains Drought From a Climate Services Perspective
David P. Brown, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Fort Worth, TX; and R. Pulwarty, C. McNutt, and L. S. Darby
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (73.4 kB)

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