This project builds off of the Drought Scenario-Based Exercises Research Report that was funded by the National Integrated Drought Information System through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office.
Drought Scenario-Based Exercises Research Report
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Overview
Bathke, D.J., Haigh, T., Bernadt, T., & Wall, N. (2019). Drought Scenario Based Exercises. National Drought Mitigation Center. https://drought.unl.edu/archive/Documents/NDMC/Planning/ScenarioExerciseReferenceDocument_FINAL_05222019.pdf
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Drought Planning
Bathke, D.J., Wall, N., Nothwehr, J., Smith, K.H., Woudenberg, D.L., Bernadt, T.K., Bergman, C., Robine, J.P., Hayes, M., Svoboda, M.,Darby, L., & Pulwarty, S. (2011). Building a sustainable network of drought communities. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/hprccpubs/33/
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Types
Altman, E. & Lackstrom, K. (2018). South Carolina Drought and Water Shortage Tabletop Exercise. Columbia, SC: Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments. http://www.scdrought.com/pdf/SC-Drought-Water-Shortage-Tabletop-Report.pdf
Carson, A., Windsor, M., Hill, H., Haigh, T., Wall, N., Smith, J., Olsen, R., Bathke, D., Demir, I. & Muste, M. (2018). Serious gaming for participatory planning of multi-hazard mitigation. International Journal of River Basin Management, 16(3), 379-391.
Department of Homeland Security. (2020). Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program 2020 Revision. https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/Homeland-Security-Exercise-and-Evaluation-Program-Doctrine-2020-Revision-2-2-25.pdf
Hill, H., Hadarits, M., Rieger, R., Strickert, G., Davies, E.G. & Strobbe, K.M. (2014). The Invitational Drought Tournament: What is it and why is it a useful tool for drought preparedness and adaptation? Weather and Climate Extremes, 3, 107-116.
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (2019). Drought Exercises. https://www.potomacriver.org/focus-areas/water-resources-and-drinking-water/cooperative-water-supply-operations-on-the-potomac/drought-monitoring-and-operations/drought-exercises/
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Development
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Resources
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