Development of Prototype National Water Model Soil Moisture Products for Drought Monitoring


Mimi Abel1, Darren L Jackson1, Robert J Zamora2, Robert Cifelli3, Mike Hobbins4, Fernando Renzo Salas5, Kent Sparrow6, Robert Stabler Webb7, David DeWitt8 and Peter Colohan9, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA/OAR R/PSD2, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)National Integrated Drought Information System, Boulder, United States, (5)NOAA, Geospatial Intelligence Division, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, (6)UCAR/NOAA/NWC, Tusclaoosa, AL, United States, (7)NOAA/OAR/PSL, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)NOAA CPC, College Park, MD, United States, (9)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States