Drought Information: National Resources

NOAA's Drought Information Center	Provides information on current conditions (e.g., Palmer Drought Severity Index, Crop Moisture Index), background information and links to other sources of drought information.
Drought Monitor	Site is a collaborative effort among Federal and non-Federal agencies to provide a centralized source of drought information
National Drought Mitigation Center	Stated purpose is to help people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought. It is based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and stresses preparation and risk management rather than crisis management.
Climate Prediction Center's Drought Monitoring Page	Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and Crop Moisture Index (CMI) provided in maps and tabular, numerical tables for the lower 48-States.
Climate Division Drought Data	Components of Palmer Drought Severity Index available graphically, by climate division. and time period.
Standardized Precipitation Index	Formulated to assign a single numeric value to the precipitation which can be compared across regions with markedly different climates.
Climate Prediction Center's Soil Moisture Page	A series of maps showing most recent day, monthly and 12 months calculated soil moisture, anomalies and percentiles; 25-year average soil moisture & soil wetness that are used in the soil moisture outlook.
Real-Time Water Information from the U.S. Geological Survey	Access to U.S. Geological Survey's extensive collection of surface water data, including a national map depicting streamflow conditions as a percentile, which is computed from the period of record for the current day of the year.
North American Drought Variability	Focus is on drought variability for the last ca. 100 years based on instrumental data, and on the last several centuries and millennia based on paleoclimatic proxy data.
National Drought Policy Commission	On July 16, 1998, Congress passed the National Drought Policy Act of 1998, which established the National Drought Policy Commission which was charged to provide advice and recommendations on the creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies. Text of its final report, released in the Spring of 2000 is available at this site.


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