Publications

Journal Articles

Brown, J. F., B. D. Wardlow, T. Tadesse, M. J. Hayes, and B. C. Reed. 2008. The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI):  A new integrated approach for monitoring drought stress in vegetation. GIScience and Remote Sensing 45 (1):16-46, doi: 10.2747/1548-1603.45.1.16.

Dubrovsky, M., M. D. Svoboda, M. Trnka, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and P. Hlavinka. 2008. The application of relative drought indices in assessing climate change impacts on drought conditions in Czechia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. (In press).

Fontaine, M., A. Steinemann, and M. J. Hayes. 2008. State drought programs: Lessons and recommendations from the western U.S. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. (Submitted).

Illston, B. G., J. B. Basara, D. K. Fisher, R. Elliott, C. A. Fiebrich, K. C. Crawford, K. Humes, and E. Hunt. 2008. Mesoscale monitoring of soil moisture across a statewide network. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 25 (2):167-182.

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), International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics Vol. 12(F08): 44-57.

Ryu. J. H.  2008. Automatic calibration of HSPF Model with NEXRAD rainfall data for distributed model intercomparison project.  ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. (In review).

Ryu, J. H. and R. N. Palmer.  2008.  System optimization using streamflow forecasts during droughts.  ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.  (In review).

Ryu, J. H., R. N. Palmer, S. Jeong, J. Lee, and Y. Kim.  2008.  Creating sustainable water resources management in the conflict resolution framework.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association.  (In review).

Ryu, J. H., R. N. Palmer, and M. W. Wiley.  2008.  Climate model based streamflow forecasts for East Asia.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association.  (In review).

Trnka, M., M. Dubrovsky, M. D. Svoboda, D. Semeradova, M. J. Hayes, Z. Zalud, and D. A. Wilhite. 2008. Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic for 1961-2000. International Journal of Climatology. (Submitted).

Trnka, M., J. Kysely, M. Dubrovsky, M. Mozny, J. Hostynek, M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, and Z. Zalud. 2008. Changes in Central European soil moisture availability and atmospheric circulation patterns between 1875 and 2005--Regional climate change in progress? International Journal of Climatology. (Submitted).

Wardlow, B. D. and S. L. Egbert. 2008. Large-area crop mapping using time-series MODIS 250 m NDVI data:  An assessment for the U.S. Central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of Environment  112:1096-1116.

Wilhelmi, O., M. J. Hayes, and D. S. K. Thomas. 2008. Managing drought in mountain resort communities:  Colorado's experiences. Disaster Prevention and Management. (In press).

Woudenberg, D. L., D. A. Wilhite, and M. J. Hayes. 2008. Perception of drought hazard and its sociological impacts. Great Plains Research. (In press).

Book Chapters and Technical Reports

Knutson, C. L. 2008. A review of drought occurrence, monitoring, and planning activities in the Near East Region. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Near East Regional Office and the National Drought Mitigation Center. Cairo, Egypt.  60 pp.  (In press).

Knutson, C. L. and D. A. Wilhite. 2008. New developments and opportunities for drought risk reduction in Asia. In P. K. Low (ed.) Global Change and Sustainable Development:  Asia-Pacific Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. (In press).

Tadesse, T. and B. D. Wardlow. 2008. A new approach to predict vegetation conditions and assess future impacts of drought stress through the integration of diverse environmental datasets.  Droughts: Cause, Effects, and Prediction. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Tadesse, T., B. D. Wardlow, and M. J. Hayes. 2008. The application of data mining for drought monitoring and prediction. In H. Rahman (ed.) Data Mining Applications for Empowering Knowledge Societies. Idea Group, Inc., New York.  (In press).

Conference Proceedings

Ding, Y. and H. Fang. 2008. Climate risks and the adoption of conservation tillage systems: An application of growth mixture model. Western Agriculture Economics Association Annual Meeting. Big Sky, MT.  June 25-27. (Submitted).

Knutson, C. L., M. J. Hayes, and M. D. Svoboda. 2008. Tribal drought planning in the United States: With a case study of the Hualapai tribe. 2008 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. Boston, MA. April 17. (Accepted).

Ryu, J. H., M. D. Svoboda, T. Tadesse, and C. L. Knutson. 2008. Climate impacts on hydrology in the Central United States. Proceedings of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute. Hawaii. May 13-16. ASCE. (Accepted).

Other

Ding, Y. and K. H. Smith. 2008. 2007 drought economic impacts. Crop Insurance Today 41, No. 1. February. pp. 7 - 9. National Crop Insurance Services. Overland Park, KS.

Knutson, C.L. 2008.  Review of Methods and Tools for Drought Analysis and Management. G. Rossi, T. Vega, and B. Bonaccorso (Eds.), Eos. (In press).