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Tenth Biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum

April 3-5, 2017
Keystone, SD

The tenth edition of the biennial U.S. Drought Monitor Forum.

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Presentations

Drought and Wildfire in the northern great plains
Jim Strain
Dry Fusion: A Timeline of the U.S. Drought Monitor’s Evolution
Mark Svoboda
The United States Drought Monitor: A Cornucopia of Data, a Single Map
Brian Fuchs
GIS Applications Used in Making the U.S. Drought Monitor
Deborah Bathke
The USDM and Agricultural Drought Disaster Assistance
Brad Rippey
Conundrums in the Creation of the USDM (U.S. Drought Monitor), DOs (U.S. Drought Outlooks), and LLFs (Long-Lead Forecasts), along with some Cures & Conclusions
David Miskus
Drought of 2012: A Land Grant Extension Perspective
Hans Schmitz
Great Lakes Drought Monitoring, Impacts, and Sea Grant
Molly Woloszyn
The Drought Impact Reporter
Brian Fuchs
Drought Monitoring efforts as part of the NIDIS Intermountain West DEWS
Becky Bolinger
CoCoRaHS and the Drought Monitor (Help us help you!)
Peter Goble
Monitoring Drought in Kentucky
Chip Zimmer
Climate Hubs: Regional Partners in Drought Outreach
Dannele Peck
Drought conditions in the GPR - BIA
Dave Martin
Drought in 2016: Lessons Learned
Brian Fuchs
2016 Drought in Western South Dakota
Laura Edwards
Flooding During Drought: Drought Relief in California
Amanda Sheffield
The Canadian Drought Monitor
Trevor Hadwen
Great New England Drought of 2016
Brad Rippey
Drought Monitoring With The Evaporative Demand Drought Index
Dan McEvoy
Mapping Drought with Satellite Remote Sensing and Land Surface Modeling
Christopher Hain
Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): A Composite Index for Monitoring Short-Term Drought Conditions
Brian Wardlow
The Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI): an emerging drought-monitoring & early warning tool
Mike Hobbins
AIRS Drought Application
Stephanie Granger
The Evaporative Stress Index as an agricultural drought indicator
Martha Anderson
Expansion of the USDM to the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Richard Heim
Expansion of the U.S. Drought Monitor to the U.S. Virgin Islands
Brad Rippey
Staying Unbiased in the Face of Political and Programmatic Pressure
Brad Rippey
Mixing Up a Drought Indicator Cocktail, Blended, not Stirred: A Combined Drought Indicator Approach
Mark Svoboda