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In late 2007, NIDIS launched the U.S. Drought Portal, or drought.gov, a website that pulls together many federal, state, and academic resources for monitoring drought. [9] [10] In January 2021, NIDIS worked with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information to launch a completed redesigned U.S. Drought Portal. The new website features ...
"The Drought Monitor was never intended to be a climate change indicator — it was meant to be a real-time assessment of drought conditions," said Mark Svoboda, director of the National Drought ...
The U.S. Drought Monitor provides a national database to track the duration and severity of droughts in the United States. It is hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
How much of the US is in a drought? Overall, 38.9% of the contiguous U.S. is in drought, which is down about 13% since early November, according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor, out ...
La Niña conditions were finally officially met this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. ... according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday.
The Palmer drought index, sometimes called the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), is a regional drought index commonly used for monitoring drought events and studying areal extent and severity of drought episodes. [1] The index uses precipitation and temperature data to study moisture supply and demand using a simple water balance model.
Moderate means the 10%–20% strongest drought, while "exceptional' means the top 2% strongest drought on the severity scale, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Climate model simulations ...
The 2012–2013 North American drought, an expansion of the 2010–2013 Southern United States drought, originated in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave.Low snowfall amounts in winter, coupled with the intense summer heat from La Niña, caused drought-like conditions to migrate northward from the southern United States, wreaking havoc on crops and water supply. [1]