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Other Resources

NCAR CESM Last Millennium Ensemble Website: https://www2.cesm.ucar.edu/models/experiments/LME

California Institute for water resources: http://ciwr.ucanr.edu/California_Drought_Expertise/

Drought Monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu

National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska)http://drought.unl.edu/

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australian Government): http://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Environment/Extreme-Events/Drought 

Cemaden Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Brazilian Government): http://www.cemaden.gov.br/index.php 

International Pacific Research Center (University of Hawaii): http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/ 

NASA Earth Observatory:    

Drought in the News

August 21, 2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/21/science/climate-change-intensifies-cal...

August 20, 2015: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/08/20/3692972/quantifying-climate-...

August 18, 2015: http://news.uci.edu/press-releases/uci-nasa-researchers-find-link-betwee...

August 16, 2015: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-debuys-drought-foretells-futu...

August 11, 2015: https://student.societyforscience.org/article/new-el-ni%C3%B1o-coming-st...

July 26, 2015: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/24/historic-droughts-wr...

June 28, 2015: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150628-sao-paulo-brazil-droug...

June 24, 2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/science/troubled-delta-system-is-calif...

June 22, 2015: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/22/drought_in_puerto_rico_it_s_much_worse_than_california.html

May 25, 2015: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/25/the-disappearing-river

April 9, 2015: http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/04/09/california-drought-dire-circ...

February 19, 2015: http://www.ibtimes.com/southwest-great-plains-states-are-ill-prepared-me...

August 13, 2012: http://www.livescience.com/22314-drought-may-increase-suicide-risk.html

June 22, 2012: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/saheldrought/2012/06/20126161...

April 29, 2012: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17887572

November 30, 2010: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/30/us-amazon-drought-idUSTRE6AS4E...

October 29, 2010: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101029/full/news.2010.571.html

October 26, 2010: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/10/26/us-brazil-amazon-drought-idUST...

October 14, 2010: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/10/14/3038385.htm

April, 2009: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/murray-darling/draper-text/1

July 10, 2008: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7

December 11, 2005: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/world/americas/record-drought-cripples...

October 12, 2005: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/drought-leaves-amazon-basin-in-state-of...

November 3, 1981: http://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1103/110331.html

Academic Resources on Communicating the Science of Drought to Stakeholders

Boulahya, M., M.S. Cerda, M. Pratt, and K. Sponberg, 2005: Climate, Communications, and Innovative Technologies: Potential Impacts and Sustainability of New Radio and Internet Linkages in Rural African Communities. Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-5639-3 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-005-5639-3

Dow, K., R.L. Murphy, and G.J. Carbone, 2009: Consideration of User Needs and Spatial Accuracy in Drought Mapping. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 45(1):187-197. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.1752-1688.2008.00270.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00270.x/full

Drought and water crises: Science, technology, and management issues. Edited by Donald A. Wilhite, 2005. CRC Press, 406 pp. ISBN 0 8247 2771 1. Eur. Env., 16: 378–379. doi: 10.1002/eet.418 https://books.google.com/books?id=D0puBwAAQBAJ&dq=isbn:1420028383

Jacobs, K. L., Garfin, G. M. and Morehouse, B. J. (2005), CLIMATE SCIENCE AND DROUGHT PLANNING: THE ARIZONA EXPERIENCE. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41: 437–446. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03747.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03747.x/ab...

Moser, S. C. and L. Dilling (eds., 2007). Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. http://www.isse.ucar.edu/communication/book/

Steinemann, A., 2014: Drought Information for Improving Preparedness in the Western States, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00067.1 http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00067.1