Evolution of a drought monitoring tool
Abstract
This paper chronicles the development of a drought monitoring tool. A web-based mapping tool emerged in response to user needs during the 1998-2002 drought in the Carolinas. It was shaped by interactions with stakeholders during Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing of dams on major river basins in the Carolinas, and will be part of plans to more closely manage drought in the Catawba-Wateree Basin. The presentation will discuss how the tool evolved as a result of these activities. The tool has undergone extensive revisions in response to focus group interactions. Part of the presentation will examine the dynamics of transferring and scaling the tool for broader regions.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008AGUFM.A13D0276C
- Keywords:
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- 1637 Regional climate change;
- 1812 Drought;
- 3305 Climate change and variability (1616;
- 1635;
- 3309;
- 4215;
- 4513);
- 6309 Decision making under uncertainty