Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
NIDIS’s Claudia Nierenberg and MAPP’s Annarita Mariotti have been invited to speak at 40th Annual Center for Great Plains Studies Symposium “Drought in the Life, Cultures, and Landscapes of the Great Plains.”
NIDIS Director Roger Pulwarty gave the keynote address on climate services and adaptation at the WCRP-Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Developing, Linking, and Applying Climate Knowledge.
President Barack Obama signed the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act into law in order to ensure that the federal government can provide timely, effective drought warning forecasts and vital support to communities that are vulnerable to drought.
CPO scientist Nancy Beller-Simms spoke at the Meeting of the Climate Change and Water Resources Workgroup of the Advisory Committee on Water Information on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
A one-day workshop for Southern Plains farmers & ranchers in Garden City, KS, to discuss drought planning. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss planning for long-term and extreme drought in their operations. The workshop will be at the 4-H building on the county fairgrounds. Registration and coffee begin at 8 a.m. It is a joint effort by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Finney County Extension-KSU, and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS).
The National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring System workshop, led by the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), was held on Nov. 13-14 in Kansas City, MO.
As part of its monthly webinar series, SARP – in conjunction with the NIDIS and four water foundations/federations – is hosting a webinar titled Water Supply, Risk and Demand on Sept 19 from 1 to 2 p.m..
Dr. Roger Pulwarty, director of NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), is one of six experts participating sponsored by the Online Ocean Symposium and Google Hangout titled “Climate Talk.”
On Thursday, May 16, leading experts from numerous federal agencies and non-government organizations will hold a Summer 2013 National Drought Outlook Forum on Capitol Hill to provide a seasonal drought forecast along with discussion of current and expected drought impacts and what plans are in place for response and mitigation.
NOAA Climate Program Office program managers will participate in the Western States Water Council (WSWC) Drought Prediction Workshop in San Diego, California on April 29-May 1.