Abstract
The long-lasting and severe droughts and recent advances in drought monitoring across North America was studied. The development of the drought monitor, the seasonal drought outlook, huge leaps in computing power, provide an opportunity to go further in the coming years in drought monitoring. An integrated drought monitoring system can be divided into five essential components: determination of applicable climate indicators and resultant trigger levels, identification of data requirements and data network sources, acquisition and analysis of reliable data, synthesis of the data and generation of practical and useful products and information dissemination.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4385-4388 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | Combined Preprints: 84th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA., United States Duration: Jan 11 2004 → Jan 15 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atmospheric Science