1 / 8

Georgia in the 21 st Century: A Tale of Three Droughts and their impact on the State

Georgia in the 21 st Century: A Tale of Three Droughts and their impact on the State. Pam Knox University of Georgia Agricultural Climatologist. Drought in Georgia. Timeline from National Drought Monitor. 2012. 2008. 2010. 2002. 2004. 2000. Causes of drought in Georgia.

roman
Download Presentation

Georgia in the 21 st Century: A Tale of Three Droughts and their impact on the State

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Georgia in the 21st Century: A Tale of Three Droughts and their impact on the State Pam Knox University of Georgia Agricultural Climatologist

  2. Drought in Georgia Timeline from National Drought Monitor 2012 2008 2010 2002 2004 2000

  3. Causes of drought in Georgia • Lack of tropical storms • La Niña • Climate change?

  4. Drought of 1998-2002 • Started in spring 1998 in south GA • By summer 2000 most severe drought was over north GA First DM image Jan . 4, 2000

  5. Drought of 2007-2009 Waycross-Ware County fires burned for weeks November 13, 2007 Georgians Pray for Rain ... Literally

  6. Drought of 2007-2009

  7. Drought of 2011-2013

  8. Georgia’s State Water Plan

More Related