Drought Research Initiative

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121Physical geography / National Drought Policy Commission / Emergency management / Drought / United States Army Corps of Engineers / Drought Research Initiative / Atmospheric sciences / Droughts / Meteorology

GOAL 4 Maintain a safety net of emergency relief that emphasizes sound stewardship of natural resources and self-help. The Commission recognizes that over time, efforts at drought preparedness, including risk

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:20:46
122Physical geography / Hydrology / Climatology / Drought / National Integrated Drought Information System / Drought Research Initiative / Atmospheric sciences / Droughts / Meteorology

we were told, are key to effective drought planning, proactive mitigation, emergency response, and drought-related technical assistance and training and therefore must be made readily and widely available. Exchanges of i

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:19:32
123National Drought Policy Commission / Physical geography / Drought / Drought Research Initiative / Atmospheric sciences / Meteorology / Droughts

Charge to the National Drought Policy Commission • Determine, in consultation with the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, and other appropriate entities, what needs exist on the federal, state, lo

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:18:20
124Physical geography / Hydrology / Climatology / Drought / Reservoir / Water / Drought in Canada / Drought Research Initiative / Atmospheric sciences / Droughts / Meteorology

quickly and fairly frequently after just a few weeks or months of below-normal rainfall. Those who share stored water are rarely affected by less than normal precipitation because the systems are designed to provide wate

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125Physical geography / Climate / National Integrated Drought Information System / Drought / American Meteorological Society / Drought Research Initiative / Atmospheric sciences / Meteorology / Droughts

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY  Headquarters: 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108­3693  U.S.A.  (617) 227­2425  Washington Office: 1120 G Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 7

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Language: English - Date: 2010-07-11 15:30:19
126Physical geography / Hydrology / National Drought Policy Commission / Drought / Climate Prediction Center / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / SNOTEL / National Integrated Drought Information System / Drought Research Initiative / Atmospheric sciences / Meteorology / Droughts

regional, state, tribal, and local levels and to the private sector and general public. The systems should include near real-time data, information and products developed at each of these levels and integrated in an appr

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:20:38
127Physical geography / Climatology / Drought / Hydrology / Drought Research Initiative / Drought in Canada / Atmospheric sciences / Droughts / Meteorology

stemmed from local and state governmental activity or from private and nongovernmental entities. As an example, the California Urban Water Conservation Council identified 14 best management practices, three of which rela

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:19:58
128Physical geography / Climate of the United States / Drought in the United States / Drought / North American drought / National Drought Policy Commission / Emergency management / Drought Research Initiative / Drought in Canada / Atmospheric sciences / Meteorology / Droughts

FROM RELIEF TO READINESS For years, farmers and ranchers, tribes, public land managers, scientists, economists, small business owners, conservationists and wildlife managers, small and large municipalities, counties, sta

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129Earth / Hydrology / Climatology / Drought / Climate Prediction Center / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Drought Policy Commission / Drought Research Initiative / Palmer Drought Index / Atmospheric sciences / Droughts / Meteorology

Federal-State Cooperative Water Program. The task force’s report[removed]stated, “Current funding for the Cooperative Water Program is not adequate to satisfy all of the needs identified for additional streamflow data

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:19:42
130Hydrology / Droughts / Aquatic ecology / Irrigation / Climatology / Drought / Water resources / Drought Research Initiative / Breeding for drought stress tolerance / Atmospheric sciences / Earth / Water

We heard that in areas where large quantities of water are stored behind dams, the dams segment rivers and thus impede the movement of fish and change the pattern of sediment deposition. Dams also allow the regulation of

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Language: English - Date: 2003-11-10 13:20:16
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