H51H:
Droughts and Water Challenges in Changing Environments Posters


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Session ID#: 46003

Session Description:
Drought is a complex natural hazard with its adverse multifaceted impacts cascading to physical and socio-economic systems. In cases of extended drought periods and/or large areal coverage, the associated consequences could be extensive and costly (e.g. 2012 U.S. drought costed about $33.0 billion). In the context of increasing water resources pressures from growing water demands and climate change, spatial and temporal analysis of past drought events along with the learned management lessons are critical for any future attempt to mitigate drought impacts and adapt to a changing environment. In this session, our current understanding of drought phenomena and forecasting are explored, including studies about drought characteristics, model predictions, climate projections and future droughts, as well as, indicators and impacts assessments, aiming to bring together scientists from different scientific disciplines. This session also welcomes studies that explore the effects of multi-hazard events (droughts-floods) and assessments of systems’ vulnerability to such successions.
Primary Convener:  Panagiotis D. Oikonomou, Colorado State University, Colorado Water Institute, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Conveners:  Haw Yen, Blackland Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M Agrilife Research, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76502, USA, Blackland Research and Extension Center, College Station, United States, Bradley Hunt Udall, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States and Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University, Colorado Water Institute, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Panagiotis D. Oikonomou, Colorado State University, Colorado Water Institute, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Chairs:  Panagiotis D. Oikonomou, University of Vermont, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Burlington, VT, United States, Haw Yen, Blackland Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M Agrilife Research, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76502, USA, Blackland Research and Extension Center, College Station, United States, Bradley Hunt Udall, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States and Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Haw Yen, Blackland Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M Agrilife Research, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX 76502, USA, Blackland Research and Extension Center, College Station, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1812 Drought [HYDROLOGY]
1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
1833 Hydroclimatology [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Integrating NOAA-National Water Model Forecasting Capabilities with Statewide and Local Drought Planning for Enhanced Decision Support and Drought Mitigation (455249)
Graeme R Aggett, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Ryan Spies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Calculation of the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI) in cold region watersheds with glaciers and permafrost. (426992)
Melissa McShea Valentin, 2100 Consulting PBC, Denver, CO, United States
Assessing Drought Vulnerability in Northeast Colorado (374313)
Panagiotis D. Oikonomou, Colorado State University, Colorado Water Institute, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Effects of safe yield on Drinking Water Supply and Reservoir Capacity during Extreme Drought (465495)
Supria Paul, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, Soni M Pradhanang, The Small Earth Nepal, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA, Kathmandu, Nepal, Thomas T Boving, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States and Steven Nebiker, Vice President, HydroLogics, Raleigh-Durham, NC, United States
Are Southwestern Rivers Sustainable? Impacts of Climate Change and Severe Drought on Water Availability along the Rio Grande (355154)
Nolan T Townsend, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, David S Gutzler, Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Alex S Mayer, Michigan Technological University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houghton, United States and Kenneth Thiemann, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Assessing the Drought Mitigation Ability of Reservoir in the downstream of the Yellow River (365850)
Yimin Wang, Jianxia Chang and Jie Yang, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
Agricultural Chemical Concentrations and Loads in Rivers Draining the Central Valley, California: Before, During, and After an Extended Drought (360191)
Joseph L Domagalski, USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States
Strategic Distribution of Water Conservation Incentives under Drought-Prone Conditions: A case study in the Red River  Basin U.S (428847)
Hamed Zamani Sabzi1, Rachel Fovargue1, Hernan A Moreno2 and Thomas M. Neeson3, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, United States, (3)University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States
IMPACTS OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY ON HAY AND CATTLE PRODUCTION IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN (451401)
Hadia Akbar, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, Lee Niel Allen, Utah State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, UT, United States and David E Rosenberg, Utah State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, United States
The Effect of Drought on Leaf Litter Decomposition in the Northeastern United States (393953)
Alexis Wilson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Joseph B Yavitt, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
Modeling the impacts of regional drought on global nutrition (415657)
Alexandre Martinez, University of California, Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States and Steven J Davis, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States

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