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Monitoring Drought Beyond the Americas

Monitoring Drought Beyond the Americas. Mark Svoboda, Climatologist Monitoring Program Area Leader National Drought Mitigation Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln. CHANGE Workshop Mexico City, Mexico March 5-6, 2009. NDMC International Activities. ISDR Drought Discussion Group.

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Monitoring Drought Beyond the Americas

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  1. Monitoring Drought Beyond the Americas • Mark Svoboda, Climatologist • Monitoring Program Area Leader • National Drought Mitigation Center • University of Nebraska-Lincoln CHANGE Workshop Mexico City, Mexico March 5-6, 2009

  2. NDMC International Activities ISDR Drought Discussion Group Mediterranean Drought Mitigation Workshop Drought Management Center SE Europe NATO Science Program-Czech Republic MEDROPLAN Project-EC Jordan TCP-FAO South Korea National Drought Center North American Drought Monitor Morocco Drought Observatory Pakistan National Drought Center China/US Drought Monitoring Project w/NOAA/USDA African Drought Risk Policy Forum w/UNDP DDC Drought/Climate Change Coping Strategies-UNDP DDC UNESCO Integrated Drought Risk Management Center for Southern Africa Australian-U.S. Drought Workshop

  3. Multiple competing valuesMultiple, competing objectives Hydropower Ecosystems health Recreation Consumptiveuse Flood control Agriculture

  4. Percent Change in Total Population, 1990-2000 5 1 4 3 2 Source: U.S. Geological Survey, National Atlas of the United States

  5. Drought Monitoring Centre for Southeast Europe (DMCSEE), Slovenia

  6. Beijing Climate Center

  7. NIDIS Objectives • Creating a drought early warning informationsystem • Coordinating national drought monitoring and forecasting systems • Providing an interactive drought information clearinghouse and delivery system for products and services—including an internet portal and standardized products (databases, forecasts, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), maps, etc) • Designing mechanisms for improving information to support coordinated preparedness and planning

  8. Early Warning System components • Monitoring and forecasting • Risk assessment: Indicators and triggers • Drought risk planning and preparedness • Drought Portal • Communication and Education

  9. Drought.gov

  10. Regional Networks Eastern and Central European Network Mediterranean Network North American Network West Asia Network Asian Network Sub-Saharan African Network South American Network

  11. Global Drought Preparedness Network Individually, many nations will be unable to improve drought coping capacity. Collectively, through global, regional, and national partnerships, we can share information and experiences to reduce the impacts of drought.

  12. What is GEOSS?: The Global Earth Observation System of Systems The Global Earth Observation System of Systems will provide decision-support tools to a wide variety of users. As with the Internet, GEOSS will be a global and flexible network of content providers allowing decision makers to access an extraordinary range of information at their desk.

  13. Zoom to Region: Region Global Drought Click on a Location to Zoom to Information for the Continent

  14. Add/Overlay Map: Pamler Z-Index Palmer Drought Index Palmer Hydro Drought index Vegetation Health Soil Moisture Add/Overlay Map: Pamler Z-Index Palmer Drought Index Palmer Hydro Drought index Vegetation Health Soil Moisture

  15. Tailoring and interpretation of national products needed for regional, watershed and local detail (usability, flexibility) Upscaling of local data to create regionally specific monitors and risk assessment

  16. Where are we now?:Drought Monitoring State of the Science • Heightened awareness as a result of IPCC AR4 • An explosion of good work/tools/products out there over the past 5 years • Impediments remain • Lack of coordination • Lack of trigger ties to any drought plans • Resources • Lack of data/long-term data • Lack of institutional cooperation • GDPN/GEOSS is a way to learn/leverage from one another • Many regions/countries are working together to better monitor drought (NADM et al.) • Monitoring of impacts globally is virtually non-existent

  17. The combination of the inherent uncertainty of natural variability, plus projections for a warmer climate in the 21st century, make early warning and adaptation more important than ever • NIDIS offers a framework for integration and mainstreaming of vulnerability and hazard information to support adaptation strategies • NIDIS is viewed as a prototype for a National Climate Service……could a GIDIS serve in a similar capacity?

  18. Key issues • What climate and water/drought-related triggers are used for management and response seasonal operations, long-term planning (watershed, industry, state, county)? • How can we most effectively develop and coordinate information for early warning (onset, duration, demise, impacts) into drought plans? E.g. Exceptional Drought Operation Plan, Interim Operating Plan, Power needs etc?

  19. Thank You Any Questions ? Please contact me at: Mark Svoboda National Drought Mitigation Center 402-472-8238 msvoboda2@unl.edu Any Questions?

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