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For the first time in nearly four years, the state of Colorado is free of drought. Thanks to more frequent storms and showers over the past several months, the United States Drought Monitor map as ...
While drought conditions across the state may be improving, farmers have said they’ve already been hit hard. ‘Worst I’ve seen’: Colorado farmers hurting from drought [Video] Skip to main ...
The 2020–2021 drought was described by some as possibly the worst drought in modern history for the Western U.S. [8] By late spring 2021, dry conditions had expanded to almost the entire state of California and to neighboring Nevada .
The U.S. Drought Portal also aggregates and presents drought impact data for economic sectors such as agriculture, energy, water utilities, and recreation using interactive maps and data. [11] The NIDIS Program is supported by the NOAA Climate Program Office and is housed at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado.
The GPCC drought index provides SPEI datasets at a 1.0° spatial resolution for limited timescales (1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, and 48 months). [5] Inputs to SPEI datasets can include high-resolution potential evapotranspiration (PET) from the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) and hourly Potential Evapotranspiration (hPET). GLEAM is a set ...
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The Palmer drought index, sometimes called the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), is a regional drought index commonly used for monitoring drought events and studying areal extent and severity of drought episodes. [1] The index uses precipitation and temperature data to study moisture supply and demand using a simple water balance model.
Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999