Flash Drought: Lessons Learned from the 2017 Drought Across the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies

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• Personal Author:
  Jencso, Kelsey ; Parker, Britt-Anne A. ; Downey, Michael ; Hadwen, Trevor ; Howell,A. ; Hoell, Andrew
• Corporate Authors:
  Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories (U.S.) ; Earth System Research Laboratory (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; ESRL (Earth System Research Laboratory)
• Description:
  The 2017 drought was a rapid-onset event for northeast Montana, the Dakotas, and the Canadian Prairies during the spring and summer of 2017. It was the worst drought to impact the U.S. Northern Plains in decades and it decimated crops across the region, resulting in $2.6 billion in agricultural losses in the U.S. alone, not including additional losses in Canada. The unique circumstances of this drought created an opportunity to evaluate and improve the efficacy of drought-related coordination, communication, and management within the region in preparation for future droughts.
• Keywords:
  Agriculture Communication Crops Droughts Management Plains Prairies Region
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Montana ; Dakota Territory
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee049b300b42ed4cba425ed3796093319e7a4190e3a9a10cc934386a19074970b43cee3ba9624b77caca2abfc4f92f7251c4f523ca860e75adca0ed5b31108b3
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23004/noaa_23004_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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