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How To Reduce Drought Risk, Cody Knutson, Mike Hayes, Tom Phillips
How To Reduce Drought Risk, Cody Knutson, Mike Hayes, Tom Phillips
Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications
This guide describes a practical step-by-step process for identifying actions that can be taken to reduce potential drought-related impacts before a drought occurs. Step 1 begins with making sure that the right people are brought together and supplied with adequate data to make informed and equitable decisions during the process. Steps 2 and 3 narrow the focus of the study by identifying high priority drought-related impacts that are relevant to the user’s location or activity. Step 4 demonstrates that in order to reduce the potential for the identified impacts to occur in the future, it is necessary to understand the …
Chapter 2 Climate, Donald A. Wilhite, Kenneth G. Hubbard
Chapter 2 Climate, Donald A. Wilhite, Kenneth G. Hubbard
Drought Mitigation Center: Faculty Publications
The broad climatic patterns of the Sand Hills region are also characteristic of the central Great Plains environment. The spatial and temporal patterns of these climatic variables have a significant effect on the natural resources of the region.