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My data point is highly exaggerated. The reservoirs here are high, we're on a freshwater river, and no one is talking about drought here - and yet it says Seve
by koheripbal 4y ago
My data point is highly exaggerated. The reservoirs here are high, we're on a freshwater river, and no one is talking about drought here - and yet it says Severe drought.
I also question the selection of "abnormally dry" as the lowest level. Also, why aren't "abnormally wet" regions shown? ....and what about different colors in the same watershed? Lower areas of a watershed shouldn't be dryer than the highlands.
- doodlebugging 4y agoI wonder what the rainfall cut-offs for the drought level designations are and how much smoothing occurs. I also wonder about the grid used - relatively sparse or regularized and evenly sampled? Is there any weighting applied to specific data sources? It's great that they produce this graphic. It makes me want to find out more about the inputs to the display since those will drive the quality of the output.
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- bcrosby95 4y agohttps://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/About/WhatistheUSDM.aspx https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/About/WhatistheUSDM.aspx What would the point of showing "abnormally wet" be?
- nerdponx 4y agoWhataboutism fuel for climate change arguments.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoOr just an accurate reporting of the data? This is a confusing comment unless I’m misreading your point.
- myownpetard 4y ago"Abnormally wet" would also be an indication of climate change. As would an increasing frequency of extreme precipitation events. Both of which are occurring in some areas.