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Focus: 1) Developing the U.S. Drought Portal, 2) Integrating and fostering coping strategies through research, preparedness, education and public awareness, 3) Integrating data and predictions, 4) Developing pilot programs for design and implementation of early warning systems in selected locations The U.S. Drought Portal is part of the interactive system to: Provide early warning about emerging and anticipated droughts Assimilate and quality control data about droughts and models Provide information about risk and impact of droughts to different agencies and stakeholders Provide information about past droughts for comparison and to understand current conditions Explain how to plan for and...
This interactive workshop was designed to provide background information and stimulate discussion on the effects of climate variability, possible natural and human-related long-term climate change, and land-use change in the rapidly-growing southwestern United States. This information will be used by the U.S. Global Change Research Program as part of a national assessment of Global Change issues. This web conference was open for interactive participation from Monday, July 7 through Friday, July 25, 1997. The articles and comments will remain available indefinitely.
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