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Title
Inventory of Natural Hazards Data Resources in the Federal Government
Date
6/1/1979
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State of Colorado
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USDOI/DOC
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Educational/Technical/Reference Information
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<br />DATA RESOURCE <br /> <br />AGENCY <br /> <br />CONTENT <br /> <br />FORMAT <br /> <br />REFERENCE <br /> <br />CONTACT <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br /> <br />PALMER DROUGHT INDEX <br /> <br />Program Evaluation Division <br /> <br />The Palmer Drought Index was designed to relate climate and <br />weather to soil moisture, estimating the moisture deficit <br />from normal. A more sophisticated monitoring and modeling <br />effort is being planned using remote sensing and field <br />sites. The Palmer Index is used to identify drought areas <br />for allocation of emergency funding. Analyses are per- <br />formed by the Department of Agriculture although the basic <br />date are from the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic <br />and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Data include Palmer <br />Ground Analyses (Drought Index), monthly (or weekly for <br />growing season), 1931 to 1978 by substate division. <br /> <br />Computerized tapes and printouts are available at cost of <br />duplication, $60 per tape, from the National Climatic <br />Center, NOAA. <br /> <br />Drought BibZiography, Tech. Memo EDIS 20, NOAA <br />Environmental Data and Information Service, Silver Spring, <br />MD, 1971. Available from National Technical Information <br />Service, Springfield, VA 22161, No. COM-71-00937. <br /> <br />MeteoroZogiaaZ Drought, Weather Bureau Research Paper <br />No. 45, National Weatber Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, <br />1965. <br /> <br />Annotated BibZiography of NOAA PubZiaations of Hydro- <br />meteoroZogiaaZ Interest, Tech. Memo. NWS Hydro 34, National <br />Weather Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, 1977. Listing <br />of NOAA drought publications. Available from National <br />Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. <br /> <br />Dr. Charles Roberts <br />World Food Board <br />U.S. Department of Agriculture <br />Washington, DC 20250 <br /> <br />Tele: (202) 447-3125 <br />FTS 447-3125 <br /> <br />Oi rector <br />National Climatic Center <br />NOAA - Federal Building <br />Asheville, NC 28801 <br /> <br />Tele: (704) 258-2850 x683 <br />FTS 672-0683 <br />Wash. DC 427-7919 <br /> <br />19 <br />
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