Creating a Regional Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) for California and Nevada: Building Off of Information Gathered and Lessons Learned after 5 Years of Drought

Amanda M Sheffield1, Alicia Marrs2, Tamara U Wall3, Dan Cayan1, Julie Kalansky1, Kelly T Redmond4, Justin L Huntington5 and Daniel McEvoy6, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)National Integrated Drought Information System, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (4)Desert Research Institute Reno, Western Regional Climate Center, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, NV, United States, (5)Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, United States, (6)Desert Research Institute, Reno, United States