Practical Applications of Soil Moisture Information

Soil Moisture National Webinar Series

Practical Applications of Soil Moisture Information
March 29, 2022, 2 pm – 3 pm ET

NIDIS and the National Weather Service (NWS) are hosting two webinars on soil moisture data and applications. These webinars are intended to help NWS operational forecasters and other weather & climate service providers better understand soil moisture monitoring and its practical applications.

This second webinar in the series will include the following presentations on the use of soil moisture to inform drought monitoring and decision making, followed by live Q&A with the presenters.

Using Soil Moisture to Develop the U.S. Drought Monitor Map
Richard Heim | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

How Soil Moisture Informs the U.S. Drought Outlooks
Brad Pugh | NOAA Climate Prediction Center

Using Soil Moisture for State-Level Drought Monitoring
Laura Edwards | South Dakota State Climatologist