Timely information on drought impacts is important for developing and evaluating drought indicators, documenting drought events, reducing future risks, and enhancing public awareness. To address needs for better understanding and monitoring of localized drought impacts, this study recruited volunteers from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) network to report on how weather

A crucial part of monitoring weather is measuring the amount of water from the atmosphere that falls to the ground as precipitation. However, it is equally important to know how much water is leaving the soil and returning to the atmosphere. Evapotranspiration (ET) measures the amount of water that evaporates from the ground back into the atmosphere - as transpiration from vegetation and as

On September 11, 2017, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow (CoCoRaHS) network is launching new materials for the national network of condition monitoring observers, who are providing on-the-ground impacts information to support drought monitoring and reporting. As part of the NIDIS-supported Coastal Carolinas Drought Early Warning System, the Carolinas