2017 Drought - Havoc from the Heat
Propagation and Impacts of Great Plains Drought captured by NASA Models and Datasets
Drought Mechanism
Evolution of Drought
Comparison with 2016
The contrasting beginning in 2016 led to a contrasting flash drought impacting the northern Great Plains in unique ways.
Aftermath of Drought
The aftermath of 2017 drought sparked wildfires and compromised water resources, which led to reduced agricultural production and the destruction of property amounting to billions of dollars.
Conclusions
- Simultaneous use of datasets from GPM, MODIS, AMSR, and THySM is necessary to capture propagation of droughts.
- Assimilating datasets from different sensors captures the different drought mechanisms
- Open science improves discoverability of NASA datasets and provides actionable information for water and agriculture community.
