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“The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A New Integrated Approach for Monitoring Drought Stress in Vegetation,” by Jesslyn F. Brown, SAIC, Contractor to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation and Science Center; Brian D. Wardlow, Tsegaye Tadesse, and Michael J. Hayes of the National Drought Mitigation Center; and Bradley C. Reed, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff Field Center, in GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2008, 45, No. 1, pp. 16–46.
“Large-area crop mapping using time-series MODIS 250 m NDVI data: An assessment for the U.S. Central Great Plains,” by Brian D. Wardlow, National Drought Mitigation Center, and Stephen L. Egbert, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program and Department of Geography, University of Kansas, in Remote Sensing of Environment, 112 (2008) 1096–1116.
Knutson, C.L., S. Jones, M.E. Sittler, M. Higgins, M.D. Svoboda, D.R. Kluck, and D.A. Wilhite (2008) Development of a Low Flow Early Warning System for the NOAA National Weather Service, USA, Stream Ecology and Low Flows, Special Issue of the International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, Vol. 12 (F08), pp. 44-57.
Calendar: Travel & Presentations
March 31-April 10, Lincoln, NE: Dr. Sarah Bruce, a climate impacts scientist from the Australian Bureau of Rural Sciences, will visit the National Drought Mitigation Center to learn about drought planning, monitoring and impacts.
April 16, Boston, MA: Brian Wardlow will present “The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) - Zooming in to a Local Scale to Meet the Needs of the Drought Monitoring Community” at the American Association of Geographers conference. Co-authors include Tsegaye Tadesse and Karin Callahan from the NDMC, and Jesslyn F. Brown and Yingxin Gu from the USGS Center for Earth Resources and Observation Science (EROS).
April 17, Lincoln, NE: Dr. Michael J. Hayes, Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center, will participate in a panel discussion on “Climate Change and the Great Plains” at 2 p.m. in UNL’s City Campus Union. He’ll be sharing the limelight with visiting scholar Dr. David Easterling, an internationally recognized expert on climate change; Dr. Sheri Fritz, Willa Cather Professor of Geosciences and Biological Sciences; Dr. Kenneth Hubbard, Director of the High Plains Regional Climate Center; and panel moderator Bob Bolin from University Libraries.
April 17, Boston, MA: Cody Knutson will present a lecture on tribal drought planning in the United States at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.
April 23-25, San Angelo, TX: The National Drought Mitigation Center is teaming up with Texas A&M to present a Drought Tools Workshop. Parts of Texas are at unusually high risk of fire due to a dry year following a wet year.
April 29-30, Peachtree City, GA: Mike Hayes will be attending the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Southeast Drought Assessment Pilot Workshop: Developing a Drought Early Warning System in the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint and the Alabama/Coosa/Tallapoosa River Basins and the Coastal Plains.
May 3-10, Morocco: Mike Hayes and Mark Svoboda will return to Morocco for the next stage of consulting on Morocco’s developing drought plan.
June 25-27, Big Sky, MT: Ya Ding will present a paper on “Climate Risks and the Adoption of Conservation Tillage Systems: An Application of Growth Mixture Model” at the Western Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting.
Upcoming & Recent Conferences and Listening Sessions
June 26, 2008, Hawaii, HI: Hawaiian Drought Workshop presented by NDMC
June 24, 2008, Maui, HI: Hawaiian Drought Workshop presented by NDMC
June 17-19, 2008, Kansas City, MO: Workshop on Status of Drought Early Warning Systems in the U.S. presented by NIDIS and NDMC
April 24, 2008, San Angelo, TX: Drought Planning Tools Workshop presented by NDMC and Texas AgriLife Center of Texas A & M
March 12, 2008, Fort Peck, MT: Drought Monitoring Tools Listening Session presented by NDMC
October 22, 2007, Bismarck, ND: Drought Monitoring Tools Listening Session presented by NDMC
October 10-11, 2007, Portland, OR: Drought Monitor Forum presented by NDMC
News
TreeHugger Endorses Drought Monitor
A March 2 post at TreeHugger, “‘US Drought Monitor’ Provides Weekly Updates on National Water Shortage,” highlighted both the big picture that the map provides and the wealth of data and information available by drilling down and in the archives. TreeHugger calls itself “the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.”
As the African proverb goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” The National Drought Mitigation Center has been developing activities for kids of all ages to help build awareness of water and water supply. We share them at local environmental education events, including, this month:
Publications
Tsegaye Tadesse presented “Identifying time-lag relationships between vegetation condition and climate to produce Vegetation Outlook maps and monitor drought,” co-authored with Brian Wardlow and Jae H. Ryu of the NDMC, at the 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
An extended abstract from the National Integrated Drought Information System Remote Sensing Workshop in February is available. The “Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A New Drought Monitoring Approach for Vegetation” is coauthored by Brian D. Wardlow and Tsegaye Tadesse of the NDMC, and Jesslyn F. Brown and Yingxin Gu of the US Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
Calendar: Travel & Presentations
March 4-7, Chapel Hill, NC: Tsegaye Tadesse will present a poster, “Monitoring and predicting general vegetation condition using climate, satellite, oceanic, and biophysical data,” coauthored with fellow-NDMC researchers Brian Wardlow and Jae Ryu, at the 6th Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW).
March 5, McCook, NE: Cody Knutson, Donna Woudenberg, Jae Ryu, Mark Svoboda, and Sandra Jones will attend the Southwest Nebraska Water Conference to present their project, "Development of a Web-Based Climate and Drought Information Clearinghouse for the Republican River Basin."
March 12, Wolf Point, MT: Donna Woudenberg, Brian Wardlow and Tsegaye Tadesse will hold a listening session on VegDRI and VegOut hosted by the Ft. Peck Tribes (Assiniboine and Sioux) Drought Advisory Committee and the National Weather Service.
March 13, Miles City, MT: Donna Woudenberg will present “Risk Management Beyond the Boundaries” for an Emergency Management Workshop hosted by the National Weather Service.
March 19-20, Lincoln, NE: NDMC staff will present activities we have devised, such as “Water Banking” and “Meteoropoly,” at the earth wellness festival, attended by all fifth-graders in the city.
March 25-26, Lincoln, NE: Dr. Martha Anderson will visit the NDMC to discuss her research on the application of thermal remote sensing and surface energy balance models for large-area mapping of evapotranspiration (ET) and the detection of early-stage drought. She will meet with NDMC remote sensing and drought specialists to explore new applications of remote sensing methods and techniques.
March 29, Lincoln, NE: NDMC staff will conduct hands-on activities for kids at WeatherFest, the family-oriented part of the eighth annual Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium.
March 31-April 10, Lincoln, NE: Dr. Sarah Bruce, a climate impacts scientist from the Australian Bureau of Rural Sciences, will visit the National Drought Mitigation Center to learn about drought planning, monitoring and impacts.
April 23-25, San Angelo, TX: The National Drought Mitigation Center is teaming up with Texas A&M to present a drought-planning workshop. Parts of Texas are at unusually high risk of fire due to a dry year following a wet year.
April 16, Boston, MA: Brian Wardlow will present “The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) - Zooming in to a Local Scale to Meet the Needs of the Drought Monitoring Community” at the American Association of Geographers conference. Co-authors include Tsegaye Tadesse and Karin Callahan from the NDMC, and Jesslyn F. Brown and Yingxin Gu from the USGS Center for Earth Resources and Observation Science (EROS).
April 17, Boston, MA: Cody Knutson will present a lecture on tribal drought planning in the United States at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.
Upcoming & Recent Conferences and Listening Sessions
June 17-19, 2008, Kansas City, MO: Workshop on Status of Drought Early Warning Systems in the U.S. presented by NIDIS and NDMC
April 24, 2008, San Angelo, TX: Drought Planning Tools Workshop presented by NDCM and Texas AgriLife Center of Texas A & M
March 12, 2008, Fort Peck, MT: Drought Monitoring Tools Listening Session presented by NDMC
October 22, 2007, Bismarck, ND: Drought Monitoring Tools Listening Session presented by NDMC
October 10-11, 2007, Portland, OR: Drought Monitor Forum presented by NDMC
News
Calendar: Presentations & Conferences
February 6-7, Boulder, CO: Dr. Brian Wardlow of the NDMC will be an invited speaker at the National Integrated Drought Information System Remote Sensing Workshop, presenting “Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): A New Drought Monitoring Approach for Vegetation.” An extended abstract will be available after the workshop.
February 12, Lincoln, NE: Brian Fuchs and Cody Knutson will present a lecture on drought and climate change in Nebraska to University of Nebraska-Lincoln honors students who are partnering with the Lower Platte Corridor Alliance to identify and formulate collaborative research projects.
February 12, Reno, NV: Meghan Sittler, NDMC Research & Outreach Specialist, will present an overview and establish collaboration at the National Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting.
March 1-9, Marat, Morocco: Mike Hayes and Mark Svoboda will return to Morocco for further consulting on Morocco’s drought plan.
March 5, McCook, NE: Cody Knutson, Donna Woudenberg, and Jae Ryu will attend the Southwest Nebraska Water Conference to present their project "Development of a Web-Based Climate and Drought Information Clearinghouse for the Republican River Basin."
March 25-26, Lincoln, NE: Dr. Martha Anderson will visit the NDMC to discuss her research on the application of thermal remote sensing and surface energy balance models for large-area mapping of evapotranspiration (ET) and the detection of early-stage drought. She will meet with NDMC remote sensing and drought specialists to explore new applications of remote sensing methods and techniques.
April 17, Boston, MA: Cody Knutson will present a lecture on tribal drought planning in the United States at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.
News
- NDMC Researchers Present at the American Meteorological Society Meeting
- NDMC and Partners Receive NASA Grants
- U.S. Drought Monitor Shapefiles Archived
- News Graphic Animates Drought, Reservoir Levels
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Calendar: Presentations & Conferences January 8, Lincoln, NE: NDMC Climatologist Brian Fuchs will talk about Drought Monitoring and the National Drought Mitigation Center for the Southeast Nebraska Kiwanis Club at the Knolls Country Club. January 16, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Mike Hayes will participate in the annual Nebraska Green Expo, co-sponsored by the Nebraska Nursery and Landscape Association and the Nebraska Turfgrass Association. January 16, Lincoln NE: Fuchs will visit Kahoa School to talk to students about what a climatologist is and what we do at the NDMC. January 21-24, New Orleans: NDMC researchers Michael J. Hayes, Mark Svoboda, Don Wilhite and Tsegaye Tadesse will present research at the American Meteorological Society’s annual conference. Please see article above for details. January 31, Beatrice, NE: NDMC Climatologist Brian Fuchs will present at the Ag Expo at Southeast Community College in Beatrice, looking at current Nebraska drought conditions and providing an outlook for the coming year. |
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