National Integrated Drought Information System
The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Act was signed into law in 2006 (Public Law 109-430) and was reauthorized in 2014 and 2019.
NIDIS’s mission is "to improve the nation’s capacity to proactively manage drought-related risks, by providing those affected with the best available information and resources to assess the potential for drought and to better prepare for, mitigate, and respond to the effects of drought."[5] Toward that end, NIDIS will create a drought early warning system for the nation.[6]
Building the foundation for a national drought early warning system, NIDIS supports eight regional drought early warning systems (DEWS) across the United States, which rely on networks of federal, tribal, state, local, and academic partners to make climate and drought science accessible and useful for decision makers: California-Nevada, Intermountain West, Midwest, Missouri River Basin, Northeast, Pacific Northwest, Southeast, and Southern Plains.[7]
NIDIS draws on the personnel, experience, and networks of the National Drought Mitigation Center, the NOAA Regional Climate Centers, and the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISAs), among others. Federal agencies and departments partnering in NIDIS include the
NIDIS is building on existing system infrastructure, data, and operational products from various agencies. For example, it incorporates data from the
In late 2007, NIDIS launched the U.S. Drought Portal, or
The NIDIS Program is supported by the NOAA Climate Program Office and is housed at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado.
Related legislation
- Drought Information Act of 2013 (S. 376; 113th Congress) - a bill that would authorize funding for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) through 2018.[12] The bill passed in the United States Senate during the 113th United States Congress.[13]
- The bill was scheduled for a vote on the House floor.
- An Act to Reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information System (P.L. 113-86, 128 STAT. 1015)
Notes
- ^ "Public Law 113–86, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2014" (PDF). Congress.gov. March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Public Law 115–423, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018" (PDF). Congress.gov. January 7, 2019.
- ^ Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
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- ^ NOAA/NIDIS (November 4, 2020). 2020 National Integrated Drought Information System Annual Report (PDF). Drought.gov.
- ^ "What Is NIDIS?". Drought.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Drought Early Warning". Drought.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Partners". Drought.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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- ^ "U.S. Drought Policy – NIDIS". National Drought Mitigation Center website. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ "Welcome to the New Drought.gov!". Drought.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Cox, Ramsey (3 February 2014). "Senate passes bill funding drought information program". The Hill. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "S. 376 - All Actions". United States Congress. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "H.R. 2431 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ Snider, Annie (30 September 2013). "Drought: House Science Subpanel to Consider Reauthorizing Coordination Program". National Water Resources Association. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.