Research and Scholarly Publications by the NDMC

Botterill, L. C. 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.). 2000. Drought: A Global Assessment. I and II.Natural Hazards and Disasters Series. Routledge Publishers, London, UK.

Wilhite, D. A. (ed.). 1993. Drought Assessment, Management, and Planning: Theory and Case Studies. Natural Resource Management and Policy Series. Kluwer Publishers, Boston, MA.

Wilhite, D. A., W. E. Easterling, and D. A. Wood (eds.). 1987. Planning for Drought: Toward a Reduction of Societal Vulnerability. Westview Press, Inc., Boulder and London.

Hayes, M. J., M. D. Svoboda, D. LeComte, 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.

Hayes, M. J. and D. A. Wilhite. 2003. Drought Management. In B. A. Stewart, and T. A. Howell (eds.) Encyclopedia of Water Science.pp. 170-172. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Hayes, M. J., D. A. Wilhite, and M. D. Svoboda. 2000. Monitoring Drought Using the Standardized Precipitation Index. In D. A. Wilhite (ed.) Drought: A Global Assessment. Vol. 1. pp. 168-180. Routledge, London, UK.

Knutson, C. L. and D. A. Wilhite. 2009. 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).

Knutson, C. L. 2004. Pick-Sloan Plan. In D. Wishart (ed.) Encyclopedia of the Great Plains.pp. 858-859. Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

Steinemann, A., M. J. Hayes, and L. Cavalcanti. 2005. Drought Indicators and Triggers. In D. A. Wilhite (ed.)  Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues.pp. 72-92. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Tadesse, T., B. D. Wardlow, and M. J. Hayes. 2009. The Application of Data Mining for Drought Monitoring and Prediction. In H. Rahman (ed.) Data Mining Applications for Empowering Knowledge Societies.pp. 280-291. Information Science Reference (IGI Global), Hershey, PA.

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.

Brown, J. C., J. H. Kastens, B. D. Wardlow, W. Jepson, A. C. Coutinho, A. Venturieri, J. Lomas, and K. Price. 2007. Using MODIS to Detect Cropping Frequency Variation in Mechanized Agriculure in Amazonia. XIII Brazilian Symposium of Remote Sensing. Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. April 21-26.

Dubrovsky, M., M. D. Svoboda, M. Trnka, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, and Z. Zalud. 2007. Multi-GCM Projections of Global Drought Conditions With the Use of the Palmer Drought Indices. American Geophysical Union Annual Meetings. San Francisco, CA. December.

Hayes, M. J., M. Trnka, M. D. Svoboda, P. Hlavinka, J. Balek, M. Dubrovsky, D. A. Wilhite, E. Pokorny, L. Bartosova, and J. Eitzinger. 2007. Understanding Regional Climate Change Consequences Through the Changes in Soil Moisture Regimes. American Geophysical Union Annual Meetings. San Francisco, CA. December.

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 Proceedings of the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. Boston, MA. April 15-19.

Knutson, C. L. 2007. Strategies for Assessing and Monitoring the Effects of Climate Variability on Water, Food and Health in Western India. Proceedings of the Workshop on Monsoon Climate Variability and Change, and Their Impacts on Water, Food and Health in Western India. Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. February 5-7.

Knutson, C. L., S. Jones, M. Sittler, M. D. Svoboda, and D. R. Kluck. 2007. Development of a Low Flow Early Warning System for the National Weather Service. Proceedings of the 2007 Universities Council on Water Resources/National Institutes of Water Resources Conference. Hazards in Water Resources. Boise, ID. July 24-26.

Knutson, C. L. 2007. United States National Drought Policy. Proceedings of the National Drought Strategy for Agriculture Working Group Meeting. Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. May 23-24. Agri-Food Canada.

Knutson, C. L., M. E. Burbach, B. Ramamurthy, and Y. Xue. 2007. Development and Potential Applications of a Real-Time Ground Water Monitoring Network for Nebraska. Proceedings of the Nebraska Association of Resource Districts Fall Conference. Kearney, NE. September 24.

Ryu, J. H., M. D. Svoboda, T. Tadesse, and C. L. Knutson. 2008. Climate Impacts on Hydrology in the Central United States: Application to Forecast Capability in the Republican River Basin. Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008. Honolulu, HI. May 12-16.

Ryu, J. H. 2008. Snowmelt and Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Using NEXRAD Precipitation Input. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 15-19.

Ryu, J. H. and M. D. Svoboda. 2007. A GIS Framework for Climate Change Studies in Nebraska. Proceedings of the 7th International IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment in Water Management. Washington, DC. May 7-9. IWA.

Ryu, J. H. and M. D. Svoboda. 2007. El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Hydrologic Drought in the United States. 2007 Nebraska GIS Symposium. Omaha, NE. April 3-5.

Ryu, J. H., R. N. Palmer, and M. W. Willey. 2006. Mid-Range Streamflow Prediction Using a Dynamic Climate Model. AWRA 2006 Summer Specialty Conference. Missoula, MT.

Tadesse, T., B. D. Wardlow, and J. H. Ryu. 2008. Identifying Time-Lag Relationships Between Vegetation Condition and Climate to Produce Vegetation Outlook Maps and Monitor Drought. 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

Tadesse, T. and B. D. Wardlow. 2007. The Vegetation Outlook (VegOut): A New Tool for Providing Outlooks of General Vegetation Conditions Using Data Mining Techniques. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining. Seventh IEEE International Conference on Data Mining - Workshops. Omaha, NE. October 28-31. IEEE Computer Society.

Wilhite, D. A. 1985. The Enigma of Drought: Definition, Assessment, and Response. pp. 174-176. Sixth Conference in Hydrometeorology. Indianapolis, IN. American Meteorological Society.

Wilhite, D. A., N. J. Rosenberg, and D. A. Wood. 1983. Improving Governmental Response to Drought: Lessons From the Mid-1970s. pp. 171-177. Proceedings of the Regional and State Water Resources Planning and Management. American Water Resources Association, Bethesda, MD.

Wilhite, D. A. 1982. Measuring Drought Severity and Assessing Impact. pp. 333-335. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Hydrometeorology. Honolulu, Hawaii. June. American Water Resources Association, Bethesda, MD.

Willey, M. W., R. N. Palmer, and J. H. Ryu. 2006. Climate Based Streamflow Forecasts for Water Resource Managers. AWRA 2006 Summer Specialty Conference. Missoula, MT.

Xue, Y., B. Ramamurthy, M. E. Burbach, and C. L. Knutson. 2007. A Real-Time Ground Water Monitoring Network for Drought Impact Assessment. 2007 University of Nebraska Water Colloquium. Lincoln, NE. October 12.

Albright, T., A. Pidgeon, C. Rittenhouse, M. Clayton, C. Flather, P. Culbert, B. D. Wardlow, and V. Radeloff. 2009. Effects of Drought on Avian Community Structure. Global Change Biology (In review) .

Artikov, I., S. J. Hoffman, G. D. Lynne, L. M. Pytlik Zillig, Q. Hu, A. J. Tomkins, K. G. Hubbard, M. J. Hayes, and W. J. Waltman. 2006. Understanding the Influence of Climate Forecasts on Farmer Decisions As Planned Behavior. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 45 (9):1202-1214.

Brown, J. C., W. Jepson, J. H. Kastens, B. D. Wardlow, J. Lomas, and K. Price. 2007. Multitemporal, Moderate-Spatial-Resolution Remote Sensing of Modern Agricultural Production and Land Modification in the Brazilian Amazon. GIScience and Remote Sensing 44 (2):117-148.

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.

Byun, H. R. and D. A. Wilhite. 1999. Objective Quantification of Drought Severity and Duration. Journal of Climate 12 :2747-2756.

Cooter, E., B. Eder, C. Rosenzweig, B. Lynn, R. Goldberg, C. L. Knutson, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, J. DeCarolis, and T. Barnett. 2005. Effects of Climate Change on Weather and Water. Environmental Management . October. Special Issue on Climate Change and Air Quality. pp. 32-35.

Ding, Y., K. Schoengold, and T. Tadesse. 2009. The Impact of Weather Extremes on Agricultural Production Methods: Does Drought Increase Adoption of Conservation Tillage Practices? Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Submitted) .

Dubrovsky, M., M. D. Svoboda, M. Trnka, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and P. Hlavinka. 2009. Application of Relative Drought Indices in Assessing Climate-Change Impacts on Drought Conditions in Czechia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 96 (1):155-171. (Published on-line 29 April 2008).

Easterling, W. E. and D. A. Wilhite. 1987. Improving Drought Policy: A Plan for Action. Land Use Policy 4 (4):444-449.

Fontaine, M., A. Steinemann, and M. J. Hayes. 2009. State Drought Programs: Lessons and Recommendations From the Western U.S. Natural Hazards Review (Accepted)

Gitelson, A. A., B. D. Wardlow, G. P. Keydan, and B. Leavitt. 2007. An Evaluation of MODIS 250-m Data for Green LAI Estimation in Crops. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L20403 .

Grassini, P., E. D. Hunt, R. B. Mitchell, and A. Weiss. 2009. Simulating Switchgrass Growth and Development Under Potential and Water-Limiting Conditions. Agronomy Journal 101 (3):564-571.

Gu, Y., E. D. Hunt, B. D. Wardlow, J. B. Basara, J. F. Brown, and J. P. Verdin. 2008. Evaluation and Validation of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for Vegetation Drought Monitoring Using Oklahoma Mesonet Soil Moisture Data. Geophysical Research Letters 35 (L22401).

Gu, Y., J. F. Brown, J. P. Verdin, and B. D. Wardlow. 2007. A Five-Year Analysis of MODIS NDVI and NDWI for Grassland Drought Assessment Over the Central Great Plains of the United States. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L06407 .

Hayes, M. J., O. V. Wilhelmi, and C. L. Knutson. 2004. Reducing Drought Risk: Bridging Theory and Practice. Natural Hazards Review 5 (2):106-113.

Hayes, M. J., M. D. Svoboda, D. A. Wilhite, and O. V. Vanyarkho. 1999. Monitoring the 1996 Drought Using the Standardized Precipitation Index. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80 (3):429-438.

Hayes, M. J. and W. L. Decker. 1996. Using NOAA AVHRR Data to Estimate Maize Production in the United States Corn Belt. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17 (16):3189-3200.

Hu, Q., L. M. Pytlik Zillig, G. D. Lynne, A. J. Tomkins, W. J. Waltman, M. J. Hayes, K. G. Hubbard, I. Artikov, S. J. Hoffman, and D. A. Wilhite. 2006. Understanding Farmers' Forecast Use From Their Beliefs, Values, Social Norms, and Perceived Obstacles. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 45 (9):1190-1201.

Hubbard, K. G. and H. Wu. 2005. Modification of a Crop-Specific Drought Index for Simulating Corn Yield in Wet Years. Agronomy Journal 97 :1478-1484.

Hunt, E. D., K. G. Hubbard, D. A. Wilhite, and T. J. Arkebauer. 2009. The Development and Evaluation of a Soil Moisture Index. International Journal of Climatology 29 :747-759.

Hunt, E. D., J. B. Basara, and C. R. Morgan. 2007. Significant Inversions and Rapid in Situ Cooling at a Well-Sited Oklahoma Mesonet Station. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 46 (3):353-367.

Illston, B. G., J. B. Basara, D. K. Fisher, R. Elliott, C. A. Fiebrich, K. C. Crawford, K. Humes, and E. D. Hunt. 2008. Mesoscale Monitoring of Soil Moisture Across a Statewide Network. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 25 (2):167-182.

Klinedinst, P. L., D. A. Wilhite, G. L. Hahn, and K. G. Hubbard. 1993. The Potential Effects of Climate Change on Summer Season Dairy Cattle Milk Production and Reproduction. Climatic Change 23 :21-36.

Knutson, C. L. 2008. Adaptation to Water Stress in the Great Plains. Water Resources IMPACT 10 (4):18-21.

Knutson, C. L., S. Jones, M. 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 12 (F08):44-57.

Knutson, C. L. 2008. The Role of Water Conservation in Drought Planning. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 63 (5):154A-160A.

Knutson, C. L., M. J. Hayes, and M. D. Svoboda. 2007. Case Study of Tribal Drought Planning: The Hualapai Tribe. Natural Hazards Review 8 (4):125-131.

Lawrimore, J., R. Heim, M. D. Svoboda, V. Swail, and P. J. Englehart. 2002. Beginning a New Era of Drought Monitoring Across North America. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 83 (8):1191-1192.

Meyer, S. J., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 1993. A Crop-Specific Drought Index for Corn: II. Application in Drought Monitoring and Assessment. Agronomy Journal 85 (2):396-399.

Meyer, S. J., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 1993. A Crop-Specific Drought Index for Corn: I. Model Development and Validation. Agronomy Journal 85 (2):388-395.

Meyer, S. J., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 1991. The Relationship of Climatic Indices and Variables to Corn (Maize) Yields: a Principal Components Analysis. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 55 :59-84.

Meyer, S. J., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 1989. Estimating Potential Evapotranspiration: The Effect of Random and Systematic Errors. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 46 :285-296.

Meyer, S. J., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 1988. Improving Projected Potential Evapotranspiration Estimation Using National Weather Service Forecasts. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 27 (10):1183-1188.

Neild, R. E., D. A. Wilhite, and K. G. Hubbard. 1987. Preseason Precipitation Probabilities As an Aid to Corn Planting Decisions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 41 :259-266.

Peters, A. J., E. Walter-Shea, L. Ji, A. Vina, M. J. Hayes, and M. D. Svoboda. 2002. Drought Monitoring With NDVI-Based Standardized Vegetation Index. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68 (1):71-75.

Peters, A. J., D. C. Rundquist, and D. A. Wilhite. 1991. Satellite Detection of the Geographic Core of the 1988 Nebraska Drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 57 :35-47.

Ryu, J. H., R. N. Palmer, S. Jeong, and S. Park. 2009. An Evaluation Framework for Hydrologic Forecasts in System Operations During Drought. Advances in Water Resources (In review) .

Ryu, J. H., R. N. Palmer, S. Jeong, J. Lee, and Y. O. Kim. 2009. Sustainable Water Resources Management in a Conflict Resolution Framework. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45 (2):485-499.

Ryu, J. H., M. D. Svoboda, and J. D. Lenters. 2009. Finding Potential Extents for ENSO-Driven Hydrologic Drought Forecast in the United States. Climatic Change (In press) .

Ryu, J. H. 2009. Mid-Range Streamflow Forecasts Based on Climate Modeling - Statistical Correction and Evaluation. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45 (2):355-368.

Ryu, J. H. 2009. The Application of HSPF to the Distributed Model Intercomparison Project (DMIP): A Case Study. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 14 (8):847-857.

Ryu, J. H., S. Jeong, S. K. Park, and J. Lee. 2009. The Impacts of Climate Change on the Local Hydrology and Drought (Low Flow) Frequency. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (In review) .

Seiler, R. A., M. J. Hayes, and L. Bressan. 2002. Using the Standardized Precipitation Index for Flood Risk Monitoring. International Journal of Climatology 22 :1365-1376.

Sridhar, V., K. G. Hubbard, J. You, and E. D. Hunt. 2008. Development of the Soil Moisture Index to Quantify Agricultural Drought and Its User Friendliness in Severity-Area-Duration Assessment. Journal of Hydrometeorology 9 (4):660-676.

Svoboda, M. D., M. J. Hayes, and D. A. Wilhite. 2002. The Role of Integrated Drought Monitoring in Drought Mitigation Planning. Annals of Arid Zone 40 (1):1-11.

Svoboda, M. D., D. LeComte, M. J. Hayes, R. Heim, K. Gleason, J. Angel, B. Rippey, R. Tinker, M. Palecki, D. Stooksbury, D. Miskus, and S. Stevens. 2002. The Drought Monitor. An Integrated Approach to Water Supply Assessment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 83 (8):1181-1190.

Tadesse, T., M. Haile, G. Senay, B. D. Wardlow, and C. L. Knutson. 2008. The Need for Integration of Drought Monitoring Tools for Proactive Food Security Management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Natural Resources Forum 32 (4):265-279.

Tadesse, T., J. C. 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. 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.

Tadesse, T., D. A. Wilhite, S. Harms, M. J. Hayes, and S. Goddard. 2004. Drought Monitoring Using Data Mining Techniques: A Case Study for Nebraska, USA. Natural Hazards 33 (1):137-159.

Trnka, M., M. Dubrovsky, M. D. Svoboda, D. Semeradova, M. J. Hayes, Z. Zalud, and D. A. Wilhite. 2009. Developing a Regional Drought Climatology for the Czech Republic. International Journal of Climatology 29 :863-883. (Published on-line 28 August 2008).

Trnka, M., J. Kysely, M. Dubrovsky, M. Mozny, J. Hostynek, M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, and Z. Zalud. 2009. 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. 2009. A Comparison of MODIS 25-m evi and ndvi Data for Crop Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains. International Journal of Remote Sensing (In press) .

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 (3):1096-1116.

Wardlow, B. D., S. L. Egbert, and J. H. Kastens. 2007. Analysis of Time-Series MODIS 250 m Vegetation Index Data for Crop Classification in the U.S. Central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of Environment 108 (3):290-310.

Wardlow, B. D., J. H. Kastens, and S. L. Egbert. 2006. Using USDA Crop Progress Data for the Evaluation of Greenup Onset Date Calculated From MODIS 250-Meter Data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72 (11):1225-1234.

Wells, N., S. Goddard, and M. J. Hayes. 2004. A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index. Journal of Climate 17 (12):2335-2351.

White, D. H., D. A. Wilhite, B. O'Meagher, and G. L. Hammer. 2001. Highlights of Drought Policy and Related Science in Australia and the U.S.A. Water International 26 (3):349-357.

Wilhelmi, O. V., M. J. Hayes, and D. S. K. Thomas. 2008. Managing Drought in Mountain Resort Communities: Colorado's Experiences. Disaster Prevention and Management 17 (5):672-680.

Wilhelmi, O. V., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 2002. Spatial Representation of Agroclimatology in a Study of Agricultural Drought. International Journal of Climatology 22 :1399-1414.

Wilhelmi, O. V. and D. A. Wilhite. 2002. Assessing Vulnerability to Agricultural Drought: A Nebraska Case Study. Natural Hazards 25 :37-58.

Wilhite, D. A. and C. L. Knutson. 2008. Drought Management Planning: Conditions for Success. Options Mediterraneennes Series A (80):141-148.

Wilhite, D. A., M. D. Svoboda, and M. J. Hayes. 2007. Understanding the Complex Impacts of Drought: A Key to Enhancing Drought Mitigation and Preparedness. Water Resources Management 21 (5):763-774.

Wilhite, D. A. 2002. Combating Drought Through Preparedness. Natural Resources Forum 26 :275-285.

Wilhite, D. A. 2001. Moving Beyond Crisis Management. FORUM for Applied Research and Public Policy 16 (1):20-28.

Wilhite, D. A. and D. A. Wood. 2001. Revisiting Drought Relief and Management Efforts in the West: Have We Learned From the Past? Journal of the West 40 (3):18-25.

Wilhite, D. A., M. J. Hayes, C. L. Knutson, and K. H. Smith. 2000. Planning for Drought: Moving From Crisis to Risk Management. Water Resources Journal 207 :8-22.

Wilhite, D. A., M. J. Hayes, C. L. Knutson, and K. H. Smith. 2000. Planning for Drought: Moving From Crisis to Risk Management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36 (4):697-710.

Wilhite, D. A. 2000. Drought Preparedness and Response in the Context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 8 (2):81-92.

Wilhite, D. A. 2000. Drought Planning and Risk Assessment: Status and Future Directions. Annals of Arid Zone 39 (3):211-230.

Wilhite, D. A. 1997. Responding to Drought: Common Threads From the Past, Visions for the Future. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 33 (5):951-959.

Wilhite, D. A. 1997. State Actions to Mitigate Drought: Lessons Learned. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 33 (5):961-968.

Wilhite, D. A. 1996. A Methodology for Drought Preparedness. Natural Hazards 13 :229-252.

Wilhite, D. A. and S. L. Rhodes. 1994. State-Level Drought Planning in the United States: Factors Influencing Plan Development. Water International 19 (1):15-24.

Wilhite, D. A. 1991. Drought Planning: A Process for State Government. Water Resources Bulletin 27 (1):29-38.

Wilhite, D. A. 1991. Drought Planning and State Government: Current Status. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 72 (10):1531-1536.

Wilhite, D. A. 1990. The Enigma of Drought: Management and Policy Issues for the 1990s. International Journal of Environmental Studies 36 :41-54.

Wilhite, D. A. and W. E. Easterling. 1989. Coping With Drought: Toward a Plan of Action. Eos Transactions 70 (7):97, 106-108.

Wilhite, D. A., N. J. Rosenberg, and M. H. Glantz. 1986. Improving Federal Response to Drought. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 25 :332-342.

Wilhite, D. A. 1986. International Drought Mitigation: An Introduction. Great Plains Quarterly 6(3) :148-150.

Wilhite, D. A. 1986. Drought Policy in the U.S. and Australia: A Comparative Analysis. Water Resources Bulletin 22 (3):425-438.

Wilhite, D. A. and M. H. Glantz. 1985. Understanding the Drought Phenomenon: The Role of Definitions. Water International 10 (3):111-120.

Wilhite, D. A. and D. A. Wood. 1985. Planning for Drought: The Role of State Government. Water Resources Bulletin 21 (1):31-38.

Wilhite, D. A. 1983. Government Response to Drought in the United States: With Particular Reference to the Great Plains. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 22 (1):40-50.

Wilhite, D. A. and R. E. Neild. 1982. Determining Drought Frequency and Intensity on the Basis of Plant Response: Wild Hay in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, U.S.A. Agricultural Meteorology 25 :257-265.

Woudenberg, D. L., D. A. Wilhite, and M. J. Hayes. 2008. Perception of Drought Hazard and Its Sociological Impacts in South-Central Nebraska. Great Plains Research 18 (1):93-102.

Wu, H., M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, and F. Wen. 2007. Appropriate Application of the Standardized Precipitation Index in Arid Locations and Dry Seasons. International Journal of Climatology 27 :65-79.

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 (4):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.

Wu, H. and D. A. Wilhite. 2004. An Operational Agricultural Drought Risk Assessment Model for Nebraska, USA. Natural Hazards 33 (1):1-21.

Wu, H., K. G. Hubbard, and D. A. Wilhite. 2004. An Agricultural Drought Risk-Assessment Model for Corn and Soybeans. International Journal of Climatology 24 :723-741.

Wu, H., M. J. Hayes, A. Weiss, and Q. Hu. 2001. An Evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index, the China-Z Index, and Statistical Z-Score. International Journal of Climatology 21 :745-758.

Ding, Y. and K. H. Smith. 2008. 2007 Drought Economic Impacts. Crop Insurance Today 41(1)7 - 9 (February). National Crop Insurance Services. Overland Park, KS.

Hayes, M. J., C. Alvord, and J. Lowrey. 2007. Drought Indices. Intermountain West Climate Summary 3(6)2 - 6.

Hayes, M. J. 2002. How Drought Impacts U.S. Industry. U.S.Industry Today 5(6)16 - 17.

Knutson, C. L., M. Blomstedt, and K. Slaughter. 2001. Agricultural Producers of Howard County, Nebraska: Perceptions of Drought Mitigation and Response. Drought Network News 13. (1):3 - 6.

Wilhite, D. A. 1993. Understanding the Phenomenon of Drought. Hydro-Review XII. (August, No. 5):136 - 148. North American Hydroelectric Industry.

Dziegielewski, B., G. D. Lynne, D. A. Wilhite, and D. P. Sheer. 1991. National Study of Water Management During Drought: A Research Assessment. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Support Center, Institute for Water Resources, Fort Belvoir, VA. IWR Report 91-NDS-3.

FAO/NDMC. 2008. The Near East Drought Planning Manual: Guidelines for Drought Mitigation and Preparedness Planning. C.L. Knutson (Lead Author), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Near East and the National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, FAO: Rome, Italy. 52 pp.

FAO/NDMC. 2008. A Review of Drought Occurrence and Monitoring and Planning Activities in the Near East Region. C.L. Knutson (Lead Author), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Near East and the National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraka-Lincoln, FAO: Rome, Italy. 44 pp.

Hayes, M. J. and M. D. Svoboda. 2007. An Assessment of Drought Management Activities in Morocco Prepared for USAID's Integrated Agriculture and Agribusiness Project. Office of Economic Growth, USAID, Morocco.

Hayes, M. J. 1998. Drought Indices. National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE.

Knutson, C. L. and M. Z. Islam. 2008. A Plan to Reduce the Risk of Mass Mortalities of Reintroduced Animals in the Mahazat As-Sayd Protected Areas in Saudi Arabia. National Wildlife Research Center and National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Taif and Riyad, Saudi Arabia. 30 pp.

Knutson, C. L., P. Basabe, D. A. Wood, D. L. Woudenberg, M. Sittler, K. H. Smith, and D. Gutzmer. 2007. Drought Risk Reduction Framework and Practices: Contributing to the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. United National Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland.

Knutson, C. L., M. J. Hayes, R. K. Hitchcock, J. S. Peake, and M. Kleinschmit. 2006. Sustainable Adaptations to Drought and Climate Variability in Agricultural Production Systems Across Nebraska: Final Report to NOAA's Human Dimensions of Global Change Research (HDGCR) Program. Grant No. NA040AR4310080.

Knutson, C. L., S. Jones, M. Sittler, and M. D. Svoboda. 2006. Low/Flow/Stage Related Impacts in the Upper Missouri River Basin. NDMC contract report to Central Region Climate Services, NOAA National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO.

Knutson, C. L., M. D. Svoboda, and M. J. Hayes. 2006. Analyzing Tribal Drought Management: A Case Study of the Hualapai Tribe. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Quick Response Report #183.

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. Report to NOAA Central Region Climate Services, Kansas City, MO.

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 Report to the USGS/EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD.

Knutson, C. L. and M. D. Svoboda. 2004. Low Flow/Stage Related Impacts in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Report to Central Regional Climate Services, NOAA National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO.

Knutson, C. L. and M. J. Hayes. 2001. South Carolina Drought Mitigation and Response Assessment: 1998-2000 Drought. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Inforamtion Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Quick Response Report #136.

Knutson, C. L., M. J. Hayes, and K. T. Phillips. 1998. How to Reduce Drought Risk. National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Guide prepared by the Preparedness and Mitigation Working Group of the Western Drought Coordination Council.

Rosenberg, N. J., V. M. Mehta, M. J. Hayes, C. L. Knutson, and M. Sittler. 2007. Decadal Climate Information Needs of Stakeholders and Policymakers in the Missouri River Basin: A Report of the Elicitation Trip to Nebraska, 11-14 December 2006. NOAA Climate Program Office, Sectoral Application Research Program, Silver Spring, MD.

UNISDR/NDMC. 2009. Drought Risk Reduction Practices: Contributing to the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action--Second Edition. C.L. Knutson (Collaborating Author), United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland. 100 pp.

UNISDR/NDMC. 2007. Drought Risk Reduction Framework and Practices: Contributing to the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action--Preliminary Version. C.L. Knutson (Lead Author), United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland. 98 pp.

Waltman, W. J., S. Goddard, S. E. Reichenbach, M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, and J. S. Peake. 2003. Patterns and Trends of Soil Climate Regimes and Drought Events in the Northern Great Plains. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. 26: 333-342.

Wilhelmi, O. V., D. S. K. Thomas, and M. J. Hayes. 2005. Colorado Resort Communities and the 2002-2003 Drought: Impacts and Lessons Learned. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Quick Response Report #174.

Wilhite, D. A. 2007. Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses. Report of a Workshop. National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.

Wilhite, D. A. 2006. Drought Monitoring and Early Warning: Concepts, Progress and Future Challenges. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. WMO No. 1006.

Wilhite, D. A. 1997. Improving Drought Management in the West. Report to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, National Technical Information Serivce, Springfield, VA.

Wilhite, D. A. and D. A. Wood. 1994. Drought Management in a Changing West: New Directions for Water Policy. International Drought Information Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. IDIC Technical Report Series 94-1.

Wilhite, D. A. 1993. Drought Mitigation Technologies in the United States: With Future Policy Recommendations. Final Report of a Cooperative Agreement Between the Soil Conservation Service of the USDA and the International Drought Information Center. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. IDIC Technical Report Series 93-1. 141 pp.

Wilhite, D. A. 1993. Preparing for Drought: A Guidebook for Developing Countries. UN Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya. 75 pp.

Wilhite, D. A., D. A. Wood, and P. A. Kay. 1991. Drought Management and Planning: Proceedings of a Seminar and Workshop. International Drought Information Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. IDIC Technical Report Series 91-1.

Wilhite, D. A. 1990. Planning for Drought: A Process for State Government. International Drought Information Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. IDIC Technical Report Series 90-1.

Wilhite, D. A. 1979. Changing Fields: Agricultural Land Use Changes in Nebraska 1925-1974. Nebraska Water Resources Center, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. OCP #2-79. 49 pp.

Woudenberg, D. L., C. L. Knutson, M. D. Svoboda, and S. Jones. 2007. Low Flow/Stage Related Impacts in the Upper Trinity River Basin, Texas: Low Water Impact Information Database Project. Report to Southern Region Hydrologic Services, NOAA National Weather Service, Forth Worth, TX.

Woudenberg, D. L., C. L. Knutson, M. D. Svoboda, and S. Jones. 2007. Low Flow/Stage Related Impacts in the Red River of the North and Upper Mississippi River Basins, North Dakota and Minnesota: Low Water Impact Information Database Project. NDMC Technical Report to Central Regional Climate Services, NOAA National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO.

Hayes, M. J., C. L. Knutson, and Q. Hu. 2005. Multiple-Year Droughts in Nebraska. University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Lincoln, NE. Nebguide G1551-A.