Publications

Journal Articles

Cooter, E., B. Eder, C. Rosenzweig, B. Lynn, R. Goldberg, C. Knutson, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, J. DeCarolis, and T. Barnett. 2005. Effects of climate change on weather and water. Environmental Management. Special issue on Climate Change and Air Quality. October. pp. 32-35.

Tadesse, T., J.F. Brown, and M.J. Hayes. 2005. A new approach for predicting drought-related vegetation stress: Integrating satellite, climate, and biophysical data over the U.S. central plains. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 59(4):244-253. Tadesse, T., D.A. Wilhite, M.J. Hayes, S.K. Harms, and S. Goddard. 2005. Discovering associations between climatic and oceanic parameters to monitor drought in Nebraska using data-mining techniques. Journal of Climate 18(10):1541-1550.

Wu, H., M.J. Hayes, D.A. Wilhite, and M.D. Svoboda. 2005. The effect of the length of record on the Standardized Precipitation Index calculation. International Journal of Climatology 25:505-520.

Wu, H., K.G. Hubbard, and J. You. 2005. Some concerns when using data from the Cooperative Weather Station Networks: A Nebraska Case Study. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 22:592-602.

Books

Botterill, L. Courtenay and D.A. Wilhite (eds.). 2005. From Disaster Response to Risk Management: Australia’s National Drought Policy. Springer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Wilhite, D.A. (ed.). 2005. Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Chapters in Books

Hayes, M., M. Svoboda, D. Le Comte, K. Redmond, and P. Pasteris. 2005. Drought monitoring: New tools for the 21st century. In: D.A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. pp. 53-69. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Steinemann, A., M. Hayes, and L. Cavalcanti. 2005. Drought indicators and triggers. In: D.A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. pp. 71-92. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Wilhite, D.A. 2005. Drought. In: J.E. Oliver (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Climatology, pp. 338-341. Springer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Wilhite, D.A. 2005. Drought policy and preparedness: The Australian experience in an international context. In: L. Courtenay Botterill and D.A. Wilhite (eds.) From Disaster Response to Risk Management: Australia’s National Drought Policy, pp. 157-176. Springer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Wilhite, D.A. 2005. The role of disaster preparedness in national planning with specific reference to drought. In: M.K.V. Sivakumar, R.P. Motha, and H. Das (eds.) Natural Disasters and Extreme Events in Agriculture. pp. 23-37. Springer. Berlin.

Wilhite, D.A., L. Botterill, and K. Monnik. 2005. National drought policy: Lessons learned from Australia, South Africa, and the United States. In: D.A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. pp. 137-172. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Wilhite, D.A. and M. Buchanan-Smith. 2005. Drought as hazard: Understanding the natural and social context. In: D.A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. pp. 3-29. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, and C.L. Knutson. 2005. Drought preparedness planning: Building institutional capacity. In: D.A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. pp. 93-135. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Wilhite, D.A. and R.S. Pulwarty. 2005. Drought and water crises: Lessons learned and the road ahead. In: D.A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues. pp. 389-398. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.

Wilhite, D., M. Svoboda, and M. Hayes. 2005. Monitoring Drought in the United States: Status and Trends. In: V.J. Boken, A.P. Cracknell, and R.L. Heathcote (eds). Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought: A Global Study. pp. 121-131. Oxford University Press. New York.

Technical Reports

Knutson, C.L., M.J. Hayes, and T. Tadesse. 2005. Stakeholder Group Discussions for Evaluation of the USGS Drought Monitoring Website and VegDRI Mapping Tool. NDMC Contract Report to SAIC-USGS Eros Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD.

Knutson, C.L., M. Higgins, and M.D. Svoboda. 2005. Low Flow/Stage Related Impacts in the North Platte River Basin of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. NDMC Report to Central Region Climate Services, NOAA/National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO, July.

Conference Proceedings

Brown, J., T. Tadesse, and M. Hayes. 2005. The Role of Remote Sensing in Improving Drought Decision Support. Proceedings of the Pecora Conference, Sioux Falls, SD, October 25.

Dubrovsky, M., M. Trnka, M. Svoboda, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and D. Semeradova. 2005. Drought Conditions in the Czech Republic in Present and Changed Climate. Proceedings of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, June 15.

Dubrovsky, M., M. Trnka, M. Svoboda, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and D. Semeradova. 2005. Application of Three Drought Indices to Assess Impact of Climate Change on Drought Conditions. Proceedings of the European Meteorological Society, Utrecht, Netherlands, September 15.

Hayes, M., M. Dubrovsky, M. Trnka, M. Svoboda, D. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and D. Semeradova. 2005. Application of Drought Indices for the Changed Climate. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 7.

Hayes, M. M. Svoboda, M. Higgins, D. Wilhite, and D. Wood. 2005. The Drought Impact Reporter: A Web-based Drought Impacts Reporting Tool. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 7.

Higgins, M.L. 2005. Using GIS to Monitor Drought. Poster presented at the National Center for Atmospheric Research GIS in Weather, Climate and Impacts Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, July 6-8.

Knutson, C.L. 2005. Enhancing the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: A Pilot Program to Develop a Low/Flow Stage Database for NWS Forecast Points. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Great Divide Weather Workshop, Great Falls, MT, October 27, 2005.

Knutson, C.L., M.L. Higgins, M.D. Svoboda, and D.R. Kluck. 2005. An Early Warning System for Riverine Drought Impacts. Poster presented at the American Meteorological Society 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, Savannah, Georgia, June 20-24.

Knutson, C.L., M.D. Svoboda, and D.R. Kluck. 2005. A Pilot Program for a Low Flow Impacts Database for the National Weather Service. Proceedings of the 85th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 13.

Knutson, C.L., M.D. Svoboda, and D.R. Kluck. 2005. An Early Warning System for Riverine Drought Impacts: A National Weather Service Pilot Program. Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, Savannah, GA, June 14.

Knutson, C.L. and D.A. Wilhite. 2005. Planning for Drought: Moving from Crisis to Risk Management. Proceedings of the 2005 Geological Society of American Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 16.

Svoboda, M. and M. Hayes. 2005. A Web-based National Drought Impacts Reporting Tool. Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, Savannah, GA, June 14.

Svoboda, M., M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, M. Higgins, and D. Wood. 2005. A Web-based National Drought Impacts Reporting Tool. Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, Savannah, GA, June 14.

Tadesse, T. 2005. Modern Drought Monitoring Tool: An Example That Are Currently Developed in the Central U.S. Seminar presented to Ethiopian Meteorological Services Researchers and Famine Early Warning System Employees, 7 March 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Tadesse, T., J.F. Brown, M.J. Hayes. 2005. A Data Mining Approach to Monitor Vegetation Stress Due to Drought: Integrating Satellite, Climate, and Biophysical Data over the U.S. Central Plains. Proceedings of Third Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CAPSW): Research and Applications on Use and Impacts, 15-17 March 2005, Palisades, New York.

Tadesse, T., J.F. Brown, M.J. Hayes, D.A. Wilhite, and M.D. Svoboda. 2005. Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI). Poster at the Predicting Drought on Seasonal to Decadal Time Scale Conference, 17-19 May 2005, Adelphi, Maryland.

Trnka, M., Z. Zalud, D. Semeradova, M. Dubrovsky, M. Svoboda, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, and M. Mozny. 2005. Drought Occurrence Under Present and Future Climate. Proceedings of the Water and Plants: Challenges for Improved Production Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, September 27-29, p. 215-216.

Wilhite D. and M. Hayes. 2005. Drought Management: Moving from Crisis to Risk Management. Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Portland, OR, July 23.

Zalud, Z., M. Trnka, M. Dubrovsky, M. Svoboda, M. Hayes, M. Mozny, D. Semeradova, and P. Hlavinka. 2005. Methodology for Assessment of Drought Episodes Under Present and Expected Climate Conditions. Proceedings of the 15th Czech Bioclimatological Conference, Kotiny-Brno, Czech Republic, September 12-14, p. 91.

Other

Hayes, M.J., C.L. Knutson, and Q. Hu. 2005. Multiple-Year Droughts in Nebraska. NebGuide G04-1551-A. University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Lincoln, NE.