Drought Monitoring Workshop & Listening Sessions

Texas Drought Workshop McKinney Roughs Bastrop TX Thursday, February 12, 2009

Full Agenda

Presentations

• NDMC Overview - Mark Svoboda (NDMC) [PowerPoint - 3.5 Mb]
• Local Drought Update/Products/Outlook - Bob Rose (LCRA), Victor Murphy (NWS), and Mark Lenz (NWS Austin/San Antonio WFO) [PowerPoint - 16.0 Mb]
• Building a New Drought Monitor/Decision Support System (DM/DSS): "Putting it all together" - Brian Fuchs (NDMC) [PowerPoint - 102 Mb]
• Grazing Management after Fire and Drought - Dr. Charles "Butch" Taylor (Texas Agrilife Research Station at Sonora) [PowerPoint - 9.8 Mb]
• Developing a Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): "Monitoring Vegetation Stress from a Local to National Scale" - Brian Wardlow (NDMC) [PowerPoint - 9.2 Mb]
  • 2007 VegDRI loop for the Region [PowerPoint - 12.9 Mb]
  • 2008 VegDRI loop for the Region [PowerPoint - 18.3 Mb]
• Climate Change and Drought in Texas: Past vs. Future - Dr. John Nielson-Gammon (Texas A& M) [PowerPoint - 2.3 Mb]
• Drought Impact Reporter: "It's so Dry..." - Kelly Smith (NDMC) [PowerPoint - 3.3 Mb]
• Developing Toos for Understanding and Communicating Drought - Derek Arndt (Oklahoma Climatological Survey) [PowerPoint - 2.4 Mb]