NC CASC’s Climate Science Lead, Imtiaz Rangwala, and his partners at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES) and Desert Research Institute (DRI) discussed different drought tools for drought early warning and research on a webinar organized by NIDIS. The webinar discussed tools that includes the Landscape Evaporative Response Index (LERI), the Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) and the Drought Index Portal whose development has in part been supported by NC CASC. Heather Yocum at NC CASC was also involved in planning and organizing these webinars.

Watch the recorded webinar: https://www.drought.gov/webinars/drought-monitoring-toolbox-northeast-september-14-2021