Building an Enhanced Drought Early Warning System (DEWS): Tools and Services for Decision Support

Authors

Mark Svoboda, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-22-2011

Citation

Svoboda, Mark, "Building an Enhanced Drought Early Warning System (DEWS): Tools and Services for Decision Support" (2011).

Comments

2011 Symposium on Data-Driven Approaches to Droughts. Paper 11. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ddad2011/11

Abstract

Outline

• About the NDMC
• Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) Overview
• Tools (USDM, DIR, Atlas, VegDRI, + EPC/DRC)
• NDMC and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
• Toward a Global Drought Early Warning System (NIDIS)
• Toward a Global Drought Early Warning System (GDEWS)
• Summary
• Q&A