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Droughtscape- Fall 2016, National Drought Mitigation Center

Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-

CONTENTS

NDMC welcome two to team ...... 2

Third quarter drought summary: Drought still spreading ................ 3

Third quarter drought impacts: It was a hot, dry summer ........... 5

Drought management framework for Africa approved...................... 7

MENA region update................... 9

US Virgin Islands one step closer to its own drought monitor ........ 10

Montana looks to improve watershed resilience ................. 13

Tournament tackles hazards.....14

Web tool will help officials make drought-related decisions ......... 17

Dry Horizons launches ............. 17

Drougthscape- Summer 2016, National Drought Mitigation Center

Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-

CONTENTS

NDMC adds two employees....... 2

Second quarter drought summary: Drought slowly spreading........... 3

Second quarter drought impacts: Drought intensifies across US.............5

First comprehensive drought

indices guidebook released........... 7

Drought Impact Reporter updates increase usability............. 9

Create a custom DIR view........... 10

Drought center co-leads MENA region project............. 11

McCook, Nebraska, tackles drought resilience.................. 12

Arizona groups improve public lands drought planning................ 15

NDMC founder Don Wilhite retires............... 18

Applying Newton’S Law Of Cooling When The Target Keeps Changing Temperature, Such As In Stratospheric Ballooning Missions, James Flaten, Kaye Smith, Erick Agrimson

2017 Academic High Altitude Conference

Newton’s Law of Cooling describes how a “small” system, such as a thermometer, comes to thermal equilibrium with a “large” system, such as its environment, as a function of time. It is typically applied when the environment is in thermal equilibrium and the conditions are such that the thermal decay time for the thermometer is a constant. Neither of these conditions are met when measuring environmental (i.e. atmospheric) temperature using a thermometer mounted in a payload lofted into the stratosphere under weather balloons. In this situation the thermometer is in motion so it encounters layer after layer of atmosphere which …

Droughtscape- Spring 2016, National Drought Mitigation Center

Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-

CONTENTS

Director’s report ......................... 1

First quarter drought summary .......... 3

First quarter drought impacts ........... 5

Drought Risk Management Research Center ........................ 7

Kenyan official visits .................. 8

DrIVER eyes forecasting ............ 9

Drought scenario exercise ........ 10

Student projects........................ 11

Drought tournament ................. 12

Response and recovery guide .......... 13

Drought Portal .......................... 13

Network of drought observers.......... 14

Caribbean “writeshops”............. 16

Communications staff grows..... 17

Droughtscape- Winter 2016, Kelly Smith

Droughtscape, Quarterly Newsletter of NDMC, 2007-

CONTENTS

Director’s column.........................1

California drought FAQ................2

Oct.-Dec. 2015 drought ............... 4

Oct.-Dec. 2015 impacts...............6

2015 drought impacts in review.............7

NDMC hiring geospatial analyst ............. 8

CA drought exposes social vulnerability.................................. 9

UA helps AZ ranchers, Forest Service work together................12

NDMC & partners help S. Plains ranchers manage drought ......... 15

Chickasaw ranching workshop............16

2016 Annual Report Building Drought Resilence, Kelly Smith

National Drought Mitigation Center: Publications

CONTENTS

04 From the Director

05 U.S. Drought Monitor puts national conversation on same page

06 Bringing the USDM to the U.S. Virgin Islands

07 Centers lead drought project in the Middle East and North Africa region

10 Drought impact archive updates make finding local data easier

11 National Drought Mitigation Center, tribes partner to assess climate vulnerability

12 Drought guidebook comprehensive catalog of indicators

13 Caribbean nations advance drought preparedness

14 By the numbers: A look at the NDMC in 2016

16 Where we worked in 2016

18 By the numbers: The NDMC’s 20-year footprint

19 DrIVER keeps eye …