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st Snow Survey Summary Region No Basins Average Water Content Average May 1 st North Coast 3 01 0 Sacramento 6 30 9 San Joaquin Valley 5 71 21 Tulare Lake . V-JSAT2-May-15SUN3-May-15MON4-May-15V-BTUE5-May-15V-L/BV-JWED6-May-15THU7-May-15FRI8-May-15V-L/BV-JSAT9-May-15SUN10-May-15MON11-May-15V-BTUE12-May-15V-L/BV-J13-May-15THU14-May-15FRI15-May-15V-L/BV-JSA Kevin E Trenberth. NCAR. Warmer air holds more moisture. 4% per °F. Global warming=. More heat .  . More drying. . More . evaporation. . More moisture. More rain. More drought. Drought. Chapter 17. Key words to understand:. Term. Meaning. Desertification. Drought. Sahara. Sahel. Population growth. Overgrazed. Over-cultivated. Famines. Migrate. Irrigation. Drought-resistant. Key words to . LCRA Firm Water Customer Meeting. January 26, 2011. Bob Rose, LCRA Chief Meteorologist. Wednesday’s Rainfall (thru 10 am). Driest Calendar Year on Record for Texas. 2011 Texas Weather Statistics. 14.88 inches. . Mike . Crimmins. Dept. of Soil, Water & Environmental Science. University of Arizona. Acknowledgements. Dan Ferguson. University of Arizona. CLIMAS/Institute of the Environment. Alison . Meadow. University of Arizona. Tlamacazapa. , Guerrero, Mexico. Robin Lynch. Hydrology. April 29,2010. Tlamacazapa. , Guerrero. Remote mountain village. Extreme poverty. Water scarcity. Reliant on wells contaminated with arsenic. Source: Google Maps. Katie Born. Goal. Map the drought severity in the Austin-Lake Travis Lakes Subbasin against the elevation of the Lake Travis reservoir . Lake Travis. Reservoir created in 1942 with the construction of Mansfield Dam by the Lower Colorado . Mike . Crimmins. Dept. of Soil, Water & Environmental Science. University of Arizona. Acknowledgements. Dan Ferguson. University of Arizona. CLIMAS/Institute of the Environment. Alison . Meadow. University of Arizona. Authors: Anne F. Van Loon et al (Nature, Feb 2016). Kimberly Duong. March 1, . 2016. Background. This paper describes:. human influences on drought. potential feedbacks between drought and society. Land use changes by humans alter hydrologic processes (evapotranspiration, infiltration, surface runoff, . Ongoing . La Niña . Cold Sea Surface Temperatures. 1. st. March Landslides follow heavy rain in Bolivia. Perth – hottest summer on . record. Australia: . 2nd wettest. . summer. Drought in Horn of Africa. Mitigation Plan. DESA and UN Partners (ECA. , FAO, WMO, UNISDR, UNEP, UNCCD, UNDP). The Capacity Building Program on Water Scarcity and Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Plan for Jordan. Outline. Jordan Water Scarcity and Drought Challenges Overview. Prepared by. . Prof. Dr. Hussein K. Zair. Major agricultural industries have few technological defenses against crop loss due to abiotic stresses, particularly drought stress. Drought stress is a complex stress since it often coincides with high light stress and high temperature stress to plant canopies.. The Hard Truth about South Texas Climate. Drought Definition – In the Eye of the Beholder. 3. What Makes Drought Unique as a Geohazard. 4. Specific Drought Risks. 5. Coping with Drought. 1. The Hard Truth about South Texas Climate. 3,4. , Nick Dunstone. 3. , Doug Smith. 3. , . Saroj. . Kanta. Mishra. 2. and Ruth Doherty. 1. 1. School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, UK. 2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.