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Drought is one of the costliest and most prevalent natural hazards on the North American continent. In recent years within the U.S. alone, drought has resulted in average annual economic losses of $6-8 Billion (US), and the worst droughts of the past 25 years led to losses exceeding $40B (US). However, drought and its impacts are not confined by a nation's borders. As the demand for water resources has increased across the continent due to population growth and economic expansion, naturally occurring droughts have created greater water crises as the already limited supply of this valuable resource is stretched thinner.
Severe drought during the past several years created concerns about shared water rights not only between states and interests within the U.S., but also between neighboring countries. Agriculture and farming interests were affected in all three countries (Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.), wildfire outbreaks forced the sharing of firefighting resources across borders, and municipalities were forced to levy water restrictions at various times in many parts of the continent.
In 2001, government officials within the U.S., Mexico and Canada established a trilateral partnership to improve drought monitoring on the North Amerian continent and provide decision makers with information essential to planning, mitigation and response activities. This was accomplished through the initiation of a North American Drought Monitor (NADM).
Each month, drought experts from these three countries produce the North American Drought Monitor and associated drought indicators using an array of analytical methods for determining the current state of drought across the continent. The NADM provides a comprehensive analysis of end-of-month drought conditions through the use of numerous objective drought indices and indicators along with input from contributors at the regional, provincial, and local levels. Initially provided as a developmental product before the end of each month, the NADM is now issued on an operational basis by the 16th of each month.
Continuing work of the trilateral team is focused on improving various aspects of the NADM to better meet the needs of users and decision makers at all levels of the public and private sector. This year's NADM workshop is another in a series of biannual meetings that are part of this continuing effort.
NA-DM participants include:
The 2006 North America Drought Workshop will be held:
Please note the following:
The meeting is being held to facilitate technical discussion on a wide range of drought related subjects. The primary goal is the continued development of the North American Drought Monitor and associated technical and user issues directly related to the NADM. As part of this overarching goal, special attention will be given to the following areas.
Presentations on a variety of drought-related subjects are welcome. Participants are especially encouraged to consider the following areas.
North America Drought Monitor: Administrative, Technical, and Science Issues
Schedule:
Speakers (times subject to change):
North America Drought Monitor Technical and Science Issues
Schedule:
Speakers (times subject to change):
México | ||
Name | Affiliation | E-mail Address |
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Álvarez-Esperanza, Vicente | UACH - Preparatoria | jesleva@hotmail.com |
Aceves-Navarro, Lorenzo | Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Tabasco | laceves@colpos.mx |
Albanil-Encarnación, Adelina | National Weather Service, National Weather Commission | adelina.albanil@cna.gob.mx |
Albanil-Encarnación, Adelina | SMN | adelina.albanil@cna.gob.mx |
Cárcamo-Rico, Brenda | UACH - Preparatoria | brenda_carcamo_rico@yahoo.com.mx |
Casado-Hernández, Angel | UNAM - FESC | acasadoh@servidor.unam.mx |
Castro, Cecilia | UAM | cecilkastro@yahoo.com |
Castro-Merino, María del Carmen | UNAM-FESC | cadhija81@gmail.com |
Cavazos, Tereza | CICESE | tcavazos@cicese.mx |
Cerna-García, Juan Manuel | Comisión Federal de Electricidad GEIC | juan.cerna@cfe.gob.mx |
Cervantes-Sánchez, Othón | CNA-SMN | othon.cervantes@cna.gob.mx |
Conde, Cecilia | Center of Sciences of the Atmosphere - UNAM | acconde@yahoo.com |
Cortez, Miguel | SMN | miguel.cortez@cna.gob.mx |
Corzo-Sosa, Julio César | UNAM - FESC | dashir@correo.unam.mx |
Crespo-Pichardo, Guillermo | Colegio de Postgraduados | crespopg@colpos.mx |
Cruz, Lorena | Comisión Federal de Electricidad | lorena_cruzr@hotmail.com |
Cruz-Hernández, Sergio | UACH - Preparatoria | sergio_cruz@mexico.com |
Davydova-Belitskaya, Valentina | SMN | valentina.davydova@cna.gob.mx |
Delgado-Díaz, Elvia | National Weather Service, National Weather Commission | elvia.delgado@cna.gob.mx |
Delgado-Díaz, Elvia | SMN | elvia.delgado@cna.gob.mx |
Dora, María | Division of Graduate Studies - UNAM | dmeglz@hotmail.com |
Escamilla-Juárez, Jesús | AGROASEMEX Instituto Nacional de Seguros | jescamilla@agroasemex.gob.mx |
Flores-Ayala, Eulogio | INIFAP | eflores@colpos.mx |
Galván-Ortíz, Luis Manuel | UNAM | cohuatl@yahoo.com.mx |
García de la Rosa, Eduardo | UACH - Preparatoria | eclima@avantel.net |
Garrido-Díaz, Carlos Roberto | INIFAP, CEBAJ | lca_crgd@yahoo.com.mx |
González, Dora | UNAM - UAT | dgonzale@uat.edu.mx |
Granados, Guadalupe R. | UNAM | rebeca@igg.unam.mx |
Haro-Aguilar, Gabriel | Colegio de Postgraduados | gharo@colpos.mx |
Hernández-Cerda, María Engracia | mehc@unam.mx | |
Herrera-Vázquez, Gloria | gloria.herrerav@cna.gob.mx | |
Higuera, José Luis | UACH - Preparatoria | sergio_cruz@mexico.com |
Hoechst-Vélez, María del Carmen | CAN - Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | maria.hoechst@cna.gob.mx |
Hoechst-Vélez, María Del Carmen | SMN | maria.hoechst@cna.gob.mx |
Islas-Sandoval, José | Mexican Military Meteorology | islassandoval@yahoo.com.mx |
Labrada-Hernández, Norma | Comisión Federal de Electricidad | norma.labrada@cfe.gob.mx |
Leyva-Baeza, Jesús | UACH - Preparatoria | jesleva@hotmail.com |
Lopez-Silvestre, Erika | Comisión Federal de Electricidad | angelery_927@yahoo.com.mx |
Magaña, Victor | ||
Medina-Barrios, María de la Paz | Geography Unam | pazmedba@yahoo.com.mx |
Mendoza-Gutiérrez, Modesto | Conagua | modesto.mendoza@cna.gob.mx |
Méndez-Pérez, Juan Matias | CCA - UNAM | matias@atmosfera.unam.mx |
Núñez-López, Daniel | Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional Chihuahua | danielnulo@gmail.com |
Navarrete-Alemán, Francisco | CFE | francisco.navarrete@cfe.gob.mx |
Noriega-Altamirano, Gerardo | UACH - Preparatoria | gerardonorieg@terra.com.mx |
Ochoa-Ibarra, Adolfo J.M. | Faculty of Superior Studies - UNAM | osar@servidor.unam.mx |
Pérez-Maravilla, Salvador | Comisión Federal de Electricidad | salvador.perez03@cfe.gob.mx |
Parada-Hernández, C. Oliva | National Meteorological Service, Mexico | oliva.parada@cna.gob.mx |
Pascual, Reynaldo | SMN | reynaldo.pascual@cna.gob.mx |
Pascual-Ramírez, Reynaldo | SMN | reynaldo.pascual@cna.gob.mx |
Reyes-Gómez, Victor Manuel | Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional Chihuahua | rey.victor@gmail.com |
Rivera del Río, Roberto | Universidad de Chapingo | rivera580@gmail.com |
Rodríguez-Caldera, Antonio | Conagua | antonio.rodriguez@cna.gob.mx |
Rosales-Dorantes, Guillermo T. | Center of Sciences of the Atmosphere - UNAM | ajusco2000@hotmail.com |
Rosengaus-Moshinsky, Michel | SMN, SGT, CNA | michel.rosengaus@cna.gob.mx |
Sánchez-Cohen, Ignacio | INIFAP CENID RASPA | sanchez.ignacio@inifap.gob.mx |
Salgado-Transito, Jorge Arturo | School of Postgraduates | jsalgado@colpos.mx |
Silva, Genaro Montesinos | Universidad de Guanajuato | genaros@dulcinea.ugto.mx |
Sosa Reyes, Keila D. | Comisión Federal de Electricidad | keila.sosa@cfe.gob.mx |
Téllez-Ordaz, Minerva Edith | Faculty of Superior Studies - UNAM | mtellezordaz@yahoo.com.mx |
Tiscareño-López, Mario | AgroClima Informática Avanzada, S.A de C.V. | agroclima.tiscareno@hired.com.mx |
Torres-Díaz, Cuauhtemoc J. | CNA-Zacatecas | cuauhtemoc.torresd@cna.gob.mx |
Valdez-Madero, Gonzalo | Institute of Geography | gonzo_vm@hotmail.com |
Valenzuela, Antonio | Colegio de Postgraduados | antonio_valgil@colpos.mx |
Vargas, Bernardo | UACH - Preparatoria | bernardovar@gmail.com |
Vargas-Castilleja, Rocío del Carmen | Division of Graduate Studies - UNAM | rociovargascastilleja@hotmail.com |
Vega-Isuhuaylas, Griselle | Colegio de Postgraduados | vegagriselle@colpos.mx |
Velasco, Israel | IMTA | ivelascovelasco@hotmail.com |
Vera-Alejandre, Raúl | CIIEMAD-IPN | rveray@yahoo.com |
Vidal-Bello, Juan | UACH - Preparatoria | jvidalbello2000@yahoo.com.mx |
Villanueva-Díaz, José | Mexican National Institute of Forest and Farming Investigations | villanueva.jose@inifap.gob.mx |
Villegas, Oscar Manuel | Coisión Federal de Electrcidad División Hidrología | tornado760907@hotmail.com |
Vázquez-Aguirre, Jorge Luis | Agroasemex, S.A. | climademexico@yahoo.com |
Vázquez-Ochoa, Roberto Ismael | SAGARPA | rivo.sa@sagarpa.gob.mx |
Watts, Chris | Universidad de Sonora | watts@fisica.uson.mx |
Canada | ||
Name | Affiliation | E-mail Address |
Hadwent, Trevor | AAFC, PFRA, NAIS | hadwent@agr.gc.ca |
Morris, Bob | Environment Canada | robert.morris@ec.gc.ca |
O'Brien, E.G. Ted | AAFC, PFRA, NAIS | obrient@agr.gc.ca |
Zhang, Xuebin | Climate Research Division, Environment Canada | xuebin.zhang@ec.gc.ca |
USA | ||
Name | Affiliation | E-mail Address |
Douglas, Art | Creighton University | sonora@creighton.edu |
Fuchs, Brian | National Drought Mitigation Center | bfuchs2@unl.edu |
Garfin, Gregg | University of Arizona - Climate | gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu |
Heim, Richard | NOAA, National Climatic Data Center | richard.heim@noaa.gov |
Kogan, Felix | NOAA, NESDIS | felix.kogan@noaa.gov |
Lawrimore, Jay | NCDC, NESDIS, NOAA | jay.lawrimore@noaa.gov |
Madsen, Eric | NOAA, NESDIS | eric.madsen@noaa.gov |
Ray, Andrea | NOAA Earth Systems Research Lab | andrea.ray@noaa.gov |
Rippey, Brad | U.S. Department of Agriculture | brippey@oce.usda.gov |
Schmitt, Chet | National Weather Service | chet.schmitt@noaa.gov |
Stea, David | Centro de Justicia Global | ds34@txstate.edu |
Svoboda, Mark | NDMC | msvoboda2@unl.edu |
Verdin, James | USGS, EROS | verdin@usgs.gov |
Participants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations.
The SMN recommends the María Cristina Hotel. It is located near the Zona Rosa and the American Embassy. To make a reservation please contact:
Additional information including hotel rates is available online at: Hotel María Cristina
Mexico City Tourism Information
If you have questions or need additional information on the October North American Drought Monitor Forum workshop, contact:
Miguel Cortez Vazquez
National Meteorological Service of Mexico
Av. Observatorio 192
Col. Observatorio 11860
Mexico City, DF, Mexico
email: miguel.cortez@cna.gob.mx
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Jay Lawrimore
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4328
email: jay.lawrimore@noaa.gov
-or-
Richard Heim
NOAA/National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
fax: 828-271-4328
email: richard.heim@noaa.gov
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