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Development of a Robust Drought Index for Agricultural Applications
Investigators: Randal Koster (NASA/GSFC)
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Abstract
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Seasonal forecasts generated by NASA'a Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
( GMAO )
are processed into soil moisture predictions, and these predictions are incorporated into
the U.S. Drought Monitor and U.S. Drought Outlook.
By comparing our experimental Drought Monitor and Drought Outlook products
with the standard (and contemporaneous) versions, we will estimate, in the first year,
our contribution to the usefulness of the drought prediction products.
The net result will be a greatly accelerated implementation of the NASA products into the
Drought Monitor and Drought Outlook products and an initial baselining of our contribution
to these products. In the first year, we will also draw upon our existing involvement
with the U.S. CLIVAR drought working group and NIDIS implementation team to identify, approach,
and interact with additional users for our products.
The US Drought Outlook and Drought Monitor are integral components of
National Integrated Drought Information System
( NIDIS ).
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NASA Products
Model - GMAO
Project Partners
NIDIS
Decision Support Tools
Drought Monitor
is a DST which provides a weekly overview of where in the United States
drought is emerging, lingering, subsiding or forecast.
The Monitor is produced jointly by the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Drought Mitigation Center at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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