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Drought

Albuquerque NWS
Drought conditions and hydrological outlook for New Mexico from the Albuquerque National Weather Service office.

Arizona Drought Data
Rainfall data in tables and bar graphs for cities in Arizona from 1996 to the present

Arizona Drought Resources - University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Links to publications and drought websites, with an emphasis on agriculture and rural communities.

Climate Diagnostics Center (NOAA-CIRES)
Data related to predicting important climate variations on time scales ranging from one month to centuries by identifying major patterns of climate variability on decadal and longer time scales, and investigating the role of air-sea interactions in modulating decadal-to-centennial variability; includes the Western Water Assessment, El Niño/La Niña information, U.S. predictions, forecasts and anomalies, maps and other information.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Seasonal Drought Outlook
Seasonal map and description of U.S. regions undergoing drought and forecasts for these areas for the next several months.

CPC Palmer Drought Outlooks
Tables of Palmer Drought Severity Index probability for each U.S. climate division for each drought or moisture condition from extreme drought to extremely moist.

Desert Research Institute
A nonprofit, statewide division of the University and Community College System of Nevada, DRI conducts basic and applied environmental research on a local, national, and international scale, some of which is climate-related.

Drought and Ranching in Arizona
Report on the vulnerability of ranching in Arizona to drought; part of a U.S. Global Change Research Program interactive workshop on the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use in the Southwestern United States.

Extension Disaster Education Network
The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is a collaborative effort of Extension Services throughout the country to "improve the delivery of services to citizens affected by disasters" (including drought). This site focuses on providing access to resources on diaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for purposes of short-and long-term planning.

Interim National Drought Council (NDC)
Created in September 2000, NDC works to implement, integrate, and coordinate programs that reduce drought impacts.

International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Collaboration between the NOAA Office of Global Programs; this research and training program offers summaries of global climate events and their impacts, seasonal climate outlooks and forecast evaluation, prediction modeling and other climate-related products.

Mesoscale Ecological Responses to Climatic Variability in the American Southwest
Report using tree ring data to reconstruct climate variability over centuries in the U.S. southwest; part of a U.S. Global Change Research Program interactive workshop on the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use in the Southwestern United States.

National Agricultural Decision Support System
Decision support tools for agricultural producers for determining risks associated with drought and flood.

National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
This arm of NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) supplies National Weather Service field offices, government agencies, emergency managers, private sector meteorologists, and meteorological organizations and societies throughout the world with a wide variety of national and international weather products; the starting point for nearly all weather and climate forecasts in the U.S.

National Climatic Data Center Drought Termination and Amelioration
Features a calculator for determining how much precipitation is needed to end drought for every NOAA climate division in the U.S.

National Climatic Data Center Drought Termination and Amelioration Ending Current Drought
Maps depicting the precipitation, associated probabilities and percent of normal precipitation needed to end or ameliorate drought as it currently exists across the country. Twelve of the images depict the amount of precipitation needed for drought termination and amelioration over time scales from 1 to 6 months. Twelve images depict the associated probabilities of receiving the necessary amount of precipitation. The final 12 images depict the percent of normal precipitation which is required to end or ameliorate drought.

National Drought Mitigation Center
Group that develops and implements model drought policies and management/mitigation measures to reduce drought impacts and promote economic and environmental sustainability in the West.; on hiatus since Spring 1999.

National Drought Mitigation Center Drought Monitor
A synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts from federal, regional and state agencies that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists in determining drought and its impacts.

National Drought Policy Commission
Synthesizes the activities carried out by this interagency commission, comprised of members from federal, state, tribal, and local governments, in order to mitigate the cross-cutting impacts of drought in the United States.

New Mexico Drought Task Force
The website for the New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force provides information on climate change, drought plans, conditions, and forecasts, and the functions of the task force.

New Mexico Drought Working Group


New Mexico Governor's Drought Task Force
Drought plan for New Mexico that assesses where the state is vulnerable to drought impacts, what can be done to minimize the impact of a drought before it occurs, and planned responses for dealing with drought.

NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
NOAA site focused on assessing and forecasting the impacts of short-term climate variability and weather-related extreme events. Includes assessments of drought and other climate threats, and outlooks, monitoring and data.

NOAA Hydrologic Information Center Drought Page
Links to drought statements issued by regional National Weather Service offices, maps providing drought information, and web sites providing real-time and background information on drought in the U.S.

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Project descriptions, data, journal articles, and links to other sites related to the study of climate of the distant past (prior to human-measured records). Major subject areas include fire, tree rings, ice cores, pollen, boreholes, modeling, coral, and lake sediments.

NOAA's Drought Information Center
Roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions, including the U.S. Drought Monitor, Seasonal Drought Outlook, Threats Assessment, etc.

North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective
Summary of the use of paleoclimatic data, such as tree rings and lake sediment, to provide information about past droughts and about the natural variability of drought over periods of 10's to 1000's of years.

Phoenix NWS
Drought information, links, and monitoring from the Phoenix National Weather Service office.

Salt River Project Daily Water Reports
Access to water supply and streamflow data for watersheds administered by Salt River Project.

Southeast Regional Climate Center
Current weather news reports and articles, historical climate information, drought and agriculture information, hurricane and tornado data, for the southeastern U.S.

Southwest Strategy
Collaboration of federal, state, tribal, and local governments designed to aid community development and natural resources conservation and management in Arizona and New Mexico.

Tucson NWS
Current drought conditions in Southeast Arizona, including links to other data and information from the Tucson National Weather Service office.

Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library
Links to drought and weather prediction and monitoring tools; drought and weather organizations; and reports, papers, articles, and news services.

Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC)
Long-lead climate outlooks, historical climate summaries, daily temperature and precipitation data, precipitation maps, climate monitoring and special environmental monitoring projects for the western United States.

World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Drought Page
Reconstructions of drought-related variables such as the Palmer Drought Severity Index, precipitation, stream flow, and lake levels for high-resolution records at scales of centuries to millennia.

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