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North American Drought, a Paleo Perspective
Highlights the importance of paleoclimate research in providing information about past droughts and natural variability. Includes maps that display droughts of the various centuries.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/
National Drought Mitigation Center
The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought. The NDMC, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, stresses preparation and risk management rather than crisis management.
http://drought.unl.edu
Monitoring and Early Warning
Maps providing monthly updated, near real time, distributed information on rainfall, actual evapotranspiration, radiation, drought and desertification indices, and crop yield forecasts for Africa and Europe. Includes methodology discussions and links to similar resources.
http://www.earlywarning.nl/
NOAA's Drought Information Center
A collection of sites related to drought and climate conditions in the United States (and some individual states). It includes current reports, outlooks, and indices used for drought and moisture monitoring .
http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
USGS: Drought Watch
Status and information on streamflow in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in the United States.
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/news/drought/
Droughts
Compares droughts in Texas and the Sahel.
http://droughts.tripod.com/
Environment Writer
Covers background information on droughts.
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/ew/disaster/drought...
U.S. Drought Monitor
Map of U.S. drought conditions, including long-range temperature and preciptation outlooks.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/monitor/monitor...
Prairie drought of 2001
CBC News reports on the drought of 2001 in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and other parts of Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/agricult...
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2006