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Assessing Drought in the United States

Assessing Drought in the United States
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ESS3.B
Keywords: 
drought, citizen science, drought severity, precipitation variability
Summary: 
This short animation from the Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network shows how decision makers use a variety of data and in-person reports to assess the drought conditions across the United States.
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Video Description: 

This video discusses drought maps and explains the severity categories used on such maps, as well as explaining mathematically the way drought statistics are reported (i.e. 100-year drought). In addition, the video explains how drought impacts may manifest differently in varying locations and how individual factors may vary within a region, using examples for both. It also discusses the data used to assess drought, and the convergence of evidence needed to classify drought.

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Source: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7F6QwRqyVI&feature=youtu.be

Credits: 

CoCoRaHS