Drought Impacts in the Southern Region: A synopsis of presentations and ideas from the Drought Adaptation Workshop in Region 8, January 2017, Atlanta, GA

The USDA Forest Service hosted a two-day drought adaptation workshop in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2017 to share state-of-science information on drought and climate effects in the region and to develop management response strategies. The workshop was attended by regional experts from the Forest Service Southern Region, Southern Research Station, and Office of Sustainability and Climate; the USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub; and state and federal climate offices. They met to address challenges, cultivate opportunities, and develop and expand the collective understanding of the most effective management strategies to adapt to and mitigate the effects of drought in the region. The workshop focused on the effects of, and management responses to drought in forest, riparian, and aquatic ecosystems. This fact sheet is a synopsis of the workshop.

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INDEXING OF METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT

Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Geography ◽

10.17721/1728-2721.2019.75.12 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 71-77

Author(s):

K. Kaverina ◽

I. Kostyrko ◽

R. Oliynyk

Keyword(s):

Hydrological Cycle ◽

Regional Climate ◽

Meteorological Drought ◽

Drought Indices ◽

Time Duration ◽

Comprehensive Overview ◽

Response Strategies ◽

Operational Information ◽

Drought Mitigation ◽

Effects Of Drought

Drought is a serious extreme climatic event that negatively affects the physical environment and water systems causing disruptions in the hydrological cycle of the region. This is a stochastic natural hazard caused by persistent rainfall scarcity. The life cycle of the drought begins with a meteorological phenomenon, and further influence is realized throughout the hydrological cycle. Adequate measures are needed to respond and mitigate the various effects of drought. Developing and implementing drought mitigation and response strategies requires understanding the various indicators used to study drought. Drought characteristics are an important condition that allows both retrospective analysis and forward planning – risk assessment. Thus, it is necessary to objectively identify the events of drought by time, duration, scale and severity of manifestation. This can be implemented with integrated indicators that involve the main characteristics of the drought. More than 150 drought indices have now been proposed, some of which are perceived as operational information used to characterize drought through maps at regional and national levels. By quantifying the level of severity and announcing the onset and end of drought, drought indices are now assisting in a variety of operations, including early warning, drought monitoring and contingency planning. Despite their diversity and continuous development, it is important to provide a comprehensive overview of the available weather indicators, which highlights their differences and studies their trends and which can be used in a special given manner regional climate.

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Forest Encyclopedia Network2009328Executive editors H. Michael Rauscher and William G. Hubbard. Forest Encyclopedia Network. Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station and Southern Regional Extension Forestry Last visited April 2009. Gratis 2002‐ URL: www.forestencyclopedia.net/

Reference Reviews ◽

10.1108/09504120910990335 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 23 (7) ◽

pp. 37-38

Author(s):

Louise M. Richards

Keyword(s):

Forest Service ◽

Research Station ◽

Usda Forest Service ◽

Southern Regional

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H.W. ANDERSON COMPLETES 34 YEARS WITH USDA FOREST SERVICE RESEARCH STATION

Hydrological Sciences Bulletin ◽

10.1080/02626667609491686 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 654-654

Keyword(s):

Forest Service ◽

Service Research ◽

Research Station ◽

Usda Forest Service

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Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Considering Fire in Florida’s Ecosystems

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fr137-2003 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 2002 (8) ◽

Author(s):

Anna L. Behm ◽

Mary L. Duryea

Keyword(s):

Cooperative Extension ◽

Cooperative Extension Service ◽

Forest Resources ◽

Forest Service ◽

Extension Service ◽

Research Station ◽

Wildland Urban Interface ◽

Usda Forest Service ◽

University Of Florida ◽

Agricultural Sciences

This document is Circular 1431, one of the series Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: January 2003. This factsheet is funded by the National Fire Plan through the Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr137

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Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Understanding Fire Behavior

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fr138-2003 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 2003 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Cotton K. Randall

Keyword(s):

Fire Behavior ◽

Cooperative Extension Service ◽

Forest Resources ◽

Forest Service ◽

Extension Service ◽

Research Station ◽

Wildland Urban Interface ◽

Usda Forest Service ◽

University Of Florida ◽

Fact Sheet

This document is Circular 1432, one of the series Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. This fact sheet is funded by the National Fire Plan through the Southern Center for Wildland-Urban Interface Research and Information, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service. First published: January 2003.

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