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:
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85632
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83124
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86431&eocn=home&eoci=nh
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84801
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86426&eocn=home&eoci=iotd_readmore
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
