Mark Svoboda

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Title	Climatologist \| Director, National Drought Mitigation Center
Faculty Rank	Geoscientist
Address	819 South Hardin Hall 3310 Holdrege Street Lincoln NE 68583–0988
Phone	office: 402-472-8238 fax: 402-472-2946
E-mail	msvoboda2@unl.edu
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My Story

Mark Svoboda, climatologist, is the Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center. He has been with the NDMC since it was established in 1995, and has been one of the U.S. Drought Monitor authors since it was established in 1999. Svoboda serves on the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Implementation Team and co-chairs the NIDIS Portal Development Team. As of January 2010, Svoboda was serving on the American Meteorological Society's Applied Climate Committee for a three-year term and is helping lead the effort on updating AMS's Statement on Drought.

Before joining the NDMC in June 1995, Svoboda worked for two years with the Midwest National Technical Center of the USDA-Soil Conservation Service in Lincoln as a GIS/Climate Specialist. He served as regional coordinator for the center's Global Positioning Systems program, and worked extensively on agro-climatic modeling.

Education

Ph.D. in 2016 in Natural Resources Sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
M.A. in 1992 in geography with remote sensing, climatology, and GIS specialization from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Thesis examined the relationships between AVHRR satellite imagery and vegetative response to rainfall, using the normalized difference vegetation index.
B.S. in 1989 in geography with a specialization in climatology and a minor in meteorology-climatology.

Selected Publications

Otkin, J., Woloszyn, M., Wang, H., Svoboda, M., Skumanich, M., Pulwarty, R., Lisonbee, J., Hoell, A., Hobbins, M., Haigh, T., Cravens, A. (2022). Getting ahead of Flash Drought: From Early Warning to Early Action. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(10), E2188-E2202.
Cosh, M., Caldwell, T., Baker, B., Bolten, J., Edwards, N., Goble, P., Hofman, H., Ochsner, T., Quiring, S., Schalk, C., Skumanich, M., Svoboda, M., Woloszyn, M. (2021). Developing a Strategy for the National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network. Vadose Zone Journal, 20(4), 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20139	Online
Flanagan, P., Mahmood, R., Sohl, T., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hayes, M. J., Rappin, E. (2021). Simulated Atmospheric Response to Four Projected Land-Use Land-Cover Change Scenarios for 2050 in the North-Central United States. Earth Interactions, 25(1), 177-194.	Online
Liu, T., Krop, R., Haigh, T., Smith, K., Svoboda, M. (2021). Valuation of Drought Information: Understanding the value of the US Drought Monitor in land management. Water, 13(2), 112.	Online
Otkin, J., Zhong, Y., Hunt, E. D., Christian, J. I., Basara, J., Nguyen, H., Wheeler, M., Ford, T., Hoell, A., Svoboda, M. (2021). Development of a Flash Drought Intensity Index. Atmosphere, 12(741), 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12060741	Online
Rippey, B., Fuchs, B., Simeral, D., Bathke, D., Heim, R., Svoboda, M. (2021). The Drought Monitor Comes of Age. Weatherwise, 74(2), 29 - 37. https://doi.org/10.1080/00431672.2021.1873000	Online
Rippey, B., Fuchs, B., Simeral, D., Bathke, D., Heim, R., Svoboda, M. (2021). The Drought Monitor Comes of Age. Weatherwise, 74(2), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/00431672.2021.1873000	Online
Fragaszy, S.R., Jedd, T., Wall, N., Knutson, C., Fraj, M.B., Bergaoui, K., Svoboda, M.D., Hayes, M.J., McDonnell, R. 2020. Drought Monitoring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Participatory Engagement to Inform Early Warning Systems. Bulletin of the Meteorological Society: 1-58.	Online
Jedd, T., Fragaszy, S., Knutson, C., Hayes, M. J., Belhaj Fraj, M., Svoboda, M., McDonnell, R. (2020). Drought management norms: is the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region managing risks or crises? Journal of Environment and Development.	Online
Kulkarni, S.S., Wardlow, B.D., Bayissa, Y., Tadesse, T. Scoboda, M.D. Gedam, S.S. 2020. Developing a Remote Sensing-Based Combined Drought Indicator Approach for Agricultural Drought Monitoring over Marathwada, India. Remote Sens. 12, 2091.	Online
Noel, M., D. Bathke, B. Fuchs, D. Gutzmer, T. Haigh, M. Hayes, M. Poděbradská, C. Shield, K. Smith, M. Svoboda. (2020) Linking Drought Impacts to Drought Severity at the State Level. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101:E1312–E1321.	Online
Tadesse, T., Hollinger, D. Y., Bayissa, Y. A., Svoboda, M., Fuchs, B., Zhang, B., Demisse, G., Wardlow, B., Bohrer, G., Clark, K., Desai, A., Gu, L., Noormets, A., Novick, K., Richardson, A. (2020). Forest Drought Response Index (ForDRI): A New Combined Model to Monitor Forest Drought in the Eastern United States. Advances in Remote Sensing for Global Forest Monitoring. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/21/3605	Online
Trnka, M., Hlavinka, P., Mozny, M., Semeradova, D., Stepanek, P., Balek, J., Bartosova, L., Zahradnicek, P., Blahova, M., Skalak, P., Farda, A., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Wagner, W., Eitzinger, J., Fischer, M., Zalud, Z. (2020). Czech Drought Monitor System for monitoring and forecasting of agricultural drought and drought impacts. International Journal of Climatology (40), 5941-5958.	Online
Yoon, D.-H., Nam, W.-H., Lee, H.-J., Hong, E.-M., Feng, S., Wardlow, B., Tadesse, T., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M. J., Kim, D.-E. (2020). Agricultural drought assessment in East Asia using satellite-based indices. Remote Sensing, 12 (444).	Online
Bayissa, Y. A., Tadesse, T., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Poulsen, C., Swigart, J., van Andel, S. J. 2019. Developing and evaluating a satellite-based combined drought indicator to monitor agricultural drought: A case study for Ethiopia. GIScience Remote Sen	Online
Jongman, B., Hendriks, D., Trambauer, P., Tijjsen, A., Werner, M., Maskey, S., Svoboda, M., Tadesse, T., Velkamp, T., Funk, C., Shukla, S., Hallegatte, S. 2019. Assessing Drought Hazard and Risk: Principles and Implementation Guidance (pp. 88). World Bank	Online
Jongman, B., Hendriks, D., Trambauer, P., Tijssen, A., Werner, M., Maskey, S., Svoboda, M., Tadesse, T., Veldkamp, T., Funk, C., Shukla, S., Hallegatte, S. 2019. Assessing Drought Hazard and Risk: Principles and Implementation Guidance. Washington, DC: Wo	Online
Lee, H.J., Nam, W.H., Yoon, D.H., Hong, E.M., Kim, D.E., Svoboda, M., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B. 2019. Satellite-based Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) as an Indicator of Agricultural Drought in North Korea. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engin	Online
McEvoy, D., Hobbins, M., Brown, T., VanderMolen, K., Wall, T., Huntington, J., Svoboda, M. 2019. Establishing Relationships between Drought Indices and Wildfire Danger Outputs: A Test Case for the California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System. Climate. 7	Online
Otkin, J. A., Zhong, Y., Hunt, E., Basara, J., Svoboda, M., Anderson, M. C., Hain, C. 2019. Assessing the Evolution of Soil Moisture and Vegetation Conditions during a Flash Drought–Flash Recovery Sequence over the South-Central United States. Journal of	Online
Pena-Gallardo, M., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Hannaford, J., Lorenzo-Lacruz, J., Svoboda, M., Dominguez-Castro, F., Maneta, M., Tomas-Burguera, M., Kenawy, A. 2019. Complex influences of meteorological drought time-scales on hydrological droughts in natural	Online
Pena-Gallardo, M., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Quiring, S., Svoboda, M., Hannaford, J., Tomas-Burguera, M., Martin-Hernandez, N., Dominguez-Castro, F., Kenawy, A. 2019. Response of crop yield to different time-scales of drought in the United States: Spatio-te	Online
Reichhuber, A., Gerber, N., Mirzabaev, A., Svoboda, M., Lopez Santos, A., Graw, V., Stefanski, R., Davies, J., Vukovic, A., Fernandez Garcia, M.A., C. Fiati, Jia, X. 2019. The Land-Drought Nexus: Enhancing the Role of Land-based Interventions in Drought M	Online
Bayissa, Y. A., Tadesse, T., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Poulsen, C., Swigart, J., van Andel, S. J. 2018. Developing a satellite-based combined drought indicator to monitor agricultural drought: a case study for Ethiopia. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 56(5):	Online
Bijaber, N., El Hadani, Driss, Saidi, M., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hain, C. R., Poulsen, C. C., Yessef, M., Rochdi, A. (2018). Developing a Remotely Sensed Drought Monitoring Indicator for Morocco. Geosciences, 8(2), 18pp.
Lorenz, D. J., Otkin, J. A., Svoboda, M., Hain, C. R., Zhong, Y. (2018). Forecasting Rapid Drought Intensification Using the Climate Forecast System (CFS). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(16), 8365-8373.
Mariano, D. A., dos Santos, C. C., Wardlow, B., Anderson, M. C., Schiltmeyer, A. V., Tadesse, T., Svoboda, M. (2018). Use of remote sensing indicators to assess effects of drought and human-induced land degradation on ecosystem health in Northeastern Braz
Nam, W.-H., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Hong, E., Pachepsky, Y., Jang, M.-W. (2018). Developing the Vegetation Drought Response Index for South Korea (VegDRI-SKorea) to assess the vegetation condition during drought events. Intern	Online
Otkin, J. A., Svoboda, M., Hunt, E. D., Ford, T. W., Andersoson, M. C., Hain, C., Basara, J. B. (2018). Flash Droughts: A Review and Assessment of the Challenges Imposed by Rapid-Onset Droughts in the United States (5th ed., vol. 99, pp. 911-919).
Pena-Gallardo, M., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Dominguez-Castro, F., Quiring, S., Svoboda, M., Begueria, S., Hannaford, J. (2018). Effectiveness of drought indices in identifying impacts on major crops across the USA. Climate Research, 75(3), 221-240.
Stahl, K., Collins, K., Hannaford, J., Knutson, C., Svoboda, M., Wall, N., Barker, L., Tijdeman, E., Acreman, M., Bachmair, S., Overton, I., Crossman, N. (2018). Learning from Stakeholders in Europe, the USA, and Australia to improve drought monitoring an
Tadesse, T., Wall, N., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Bathke, D. (2018). Improving National and Regional Drought Early Warning Systems in the Greater Horn of Africa. Improving National and Regional Drought Early Warning Systems in the Greater Horn of Africa.
Tijdeman, E., Barker, L., Svoboda, M., Stahl, K. (2018). Natural and Human Influences on the Link Between Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Indices for a Large Set of Catchments in the Contiguous United States. Natural and Human Influences on the Li
Trnka, M., Hayes, M. J., Jurecka, F., Bartosova, L., Anderson, M., Brazdil, R., Brown, J., Camarero, J. J., Cudlin, P., Dobrovolny, P., Eitzinger, J., Feng, S., Finnessey, T., Gregoric, G., Havlik, P., Hain, C., Holman, I., Johnson, D., Kersebaum, K. C.,
Trnka, M., Hayes, M. J., Jurecka, F., Bartosova, L., Anderson, M., Brazdil, R., Brown, J., Camarero, J., Cudlin, P., Dobrovolny, P., Eitzinger, J., Feng, S., Finnessey, T., Gregoric, G., Havlik, P., Hain, C., Holman, I., Johnson, D., Kersebaum, K., Ljungq
Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Redmond, K. (2017). Drought Monitoring and Early Warning: 21st Century Advancements and Challenges. In D. Wilhite and R. Pulwarty (Ed.), Drought and Water Crises: Science, Management, and Policy (pp. 141-154). Oxford University
Huang, J., Svoboda, M., Wood, A., Schubert, S., Peters-Lidard, C., Wood, E., Pulwarty, R., Mariotti, A., Barrie, D. (2017). Research to Advance National Drought Monitoring and Prediction Capabilities. In D. WIlhite and R. Pulwarty (Ed.), Drought and Water
Lorenz, D. J., Otkin, J. A., Svoboda, M., Hain, C., Anderson, M., Zhong, Y. (2017). Predicting US Drought Monitor (USDM) States using Precipitation, Soil Moisture, and Evapotranspiration Anomalies, Part I: Development of a Non-Discrete USDM Index. Journal	Online
Lorenz, D. J., Otkin, J. A., Svoboda, M., Hain, C., Anderson, M., Zhong, Y. (2017). Predicting US Drought Monitor (USDM) States using Precipitation, Soil Moisture, and Evapotranspiration Anomalies, Part II: Intraseasonal Drought Intensification Forecasts.	Online
Madadgar, S., AghaKouchak, A., Shukla, S., Wood, A., Cheng, L., Sorooshian, S., Hsu, K.-L., Svoboda, M. (2017). A Hybrid Statistical-Dynamical Drought Prediction Framework: Application to the Southwestern United States. Water Resource Journal, 52(7), 5095	Online
McNutt, C., Kluck, D., Todey, D., Fuchs, B., Svoboda, M., Black, C. (2017). Floods Punctuated by Drought: Developing an Early Warning System for the Missouri River Basin in the Midst of Alternating Extremes. In D. Wilhite and R. Pulwarty (Ed.), Drought an
Nam, W.-H., Hong, E.-M., Choi, J.-Y., Kim, T., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M. (2017). Assessment of the extreme 2014-2015 drought events in North Korea using weekly Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). Journal of the Korean Society of Ag	Online
Svoboda, M., Fuchs, B. (2017). Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices. In D. Wilhite and R. Pulwarty (Ed.), Drought and Water Crises: Integrating Science, Management, and Policy (pp. 155-208). Boca Raton, FL: Oxford University Press/CRC Press.	Online
Van Lanen, H. A.J., Vogt, J. V., Andreu, J., Carrao, H., Stefano, L. d., Dutra, E., Feyen, L., Forzieri, G., Hayes, M. J., Iglesias, A., Lavaysse, C., Murray, V., Naumann, G., Pulwarty, R., Spinoni, J., Stahl, K., Stefanski, R., Stilianakis, N., Svoboda,	Online
Bachmair, S., Stahl, K., Collins, K., Hannaford, J., Acreman, M., Svoboda, M., Knutson, C., Helm-Smith, K., Wall, N., Fuchs, B., Crossman, N. D., Overton, I. C. 2016. Drought Indicators revisited: practice in monitoring and early warning and the link to	Online
Collins, K., Hannaford, J., Svoboda, M., Knutson, C., Wall, N., Bernadt, T., Crossman, N., Overton, I., Acreman, M., Bachmair, S., Stahl, K. 2016. Stakeholders Coinquiries on Drought Impacts, Monitoring, and Early Warning Systems. American Meteorology Soc	Online
Finnessey, T., Hayes, M. J., Lukas, J., Svoboda, M. 2016. Using Climate Information for Drought Planning. Climate Research. 70:251-263.	Online
Muth, M., Anderson, K., Brown, D., Brown, T., Delgado, E., Garfin, G., Hadwen, T., Murphy, V., Pasqual, R. R., Pugh, B., Robles Gutiérrez, J. H., Heim, R., Rippey, B., Svoboda, M. (2016). Advancing preparedness and response to drought and wildfires throug	Online
Otkin, J., Anderson, M. C., Hain, C., Svoboda, M., Johnson, D. M., Mueller, R., Tadesse, T., Wardlow, B., Brown, J. (2016). Assessing the evolution of soil moisture and vegetation conditions during the 2012 United States flash drought. Agricultural and Fo	Online
Nam, W.H, M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, T. Tadesse, and D.A. Wilhite, 2015. Drought hazard assessment in the context of climate change for South Korea, Agricultural Water Management, 160:106-117;	Online
Nam, W.-H., Hayes, M. J., Wilhite, D., Svoboda, M. (2015). Projection of Temporal Trends on Drought Characteristics using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration (SPEI) Index in South Korea. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineer
Nam, W.-H., Kim, T., Hong, E.-M., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M. (2015). Water Supply Risk Assessment of Agricultural Reservoirs using Irrigation Vulnerability Model and Cluster Analysis. Journal of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers, 57(1), 59-67.
Otkin, J., Anderson, M., Hain, C., Svoboda, M. (2015). Using Temporal Changes In Drought Indices to Generate Probabilistic Drought Intensification Forecasts. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 16(1), 88-105	Online
Otkin, J., M. Shafer, M. Svoboda, B. Wardlow, M.C. Anderson, C. Hain, and J. Basara. 2015. Facilitating the use of drought early warning inform ation through interactions with stakeholders. Bulletin of the American Me teorology Society (BAMS).96(7):10	Online
Otkin, J., Shafer, M., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Anderson, M., Hain, C., Basara, J. (2015). Facilitating the Use of Drought Early Warning Information through Interactions with Agricultural Stakeholders. American Meteorological Society. 96(7), 1073-1078.	Online
Svoboda, M.D., B.A. Fuchs, C.C. Poulsen and J.R. Nothwehr. (2015). The drought risk atlas: Enhancing decision support for drought risk management in the United States. Journal of Hydrology. 526: 274-286	Online
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, J. Brown, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, and D. Gutzmer, 2015. Assessing the vegetation condition impacts of the 2011 drought across the U.S. Southern Great Plains using the Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI), Journal o	Online
Trnka, M., Brazdil, R., Mozny, M., Stepanek, P., Dubrovsky, M., Zahradnicek, P., Balek, B., Dobrovolny, P., Semaradova, D., Hlavinka, P., Eitzinger, J., Wardlow, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M. J., Zalud, Z. (2015). Soil moisture trends in the Czech Republic b	Online
You, J., Hubbard, K., Shulski, M., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M. J. (2015). Development of a Long-Term (1884-2006) Serially Complete Dataset of U.S. Temperatures and Precipitation for climate services. J. Service Climatology, American Association of State Climat
Fuchs, B.A., M.D. Svoboda, D.A. Wilhite, and M.J. Hayes. 2014. Drought Indices for Drought Risk Assessment in a Changing Climate (Chapter 43). Handbook of Engineering Hydrology Vol. 2: Modeling Climate Changes and Variability, Saeid Eslamian
Hunt, E., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Hubbard, K., Hayes, M. J., Arkebauer, T. (2014). Monitoring the effects of rapid onset of drought on non-irrigated maize with agronomic data and climate-based drought indices. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/AMS, 19	Online
Otkin, J., Anderson, M. C., Hain, C., Svoboda, M. (2014). Examining the Relationship between Drought Development and Rapid Changes in the Evaporative Stress Index. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 15(3), 938-956. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JH	Online
Trnka, M., Brázdil, R., Balek, J., Semerádová, D., Hlavinka, P., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Dobrovolný, P., Zahradníček, P., Dubrovský, M., Eitzinger, J., Fuchs, B., Svoboda, M., Hayes, M., Žalud, Z. (2014). Drivers of soil drying in the Czech Republic betw	Online
Xia, Y., Ek, M. B., Peters-Lidard, C. D., Mocko, D., Svoboda, M., Sheffield, J., Wood, E. F. (2014). Application of USDM Statistics in NLDAS-2: Optimal Blended NLDAS Drought Index Over the Continental United States. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosp	Online
Yu, M., Li, Q., Hayes, M. J., Svoboda, M., Heim, R. (2014). Are droughts becoming more frequent or severe in China based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index: 1951–2010? International Journal of Climatology, 34(3), 545-558.	Online
Anderson., M. C., Hain, C., Otkin, J., Zhan, X., Mo, K., Svoboda, M., Wardlow, B., Pimstein, A. (2013). An intercomparison of drought indicators based on thermal remote sensing and NLDAS-2 simulations. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 14: 1035-1056.	Online
Dubrovsky, M., Hayes, M. J., Duce, P., Trnka, M., Svoboda, M., Zara, P. (2013). Multi-GCM projections of future drought and climate variability indicators for the Mediterranean region. Regional Environmental Change. 14: 1907-1919.
Fu, X., Svoboda, M., Tang, Z., Dai, Z., Wu, J. (2013). An overview of US state drought plans: crisis or risk management? An overview of US state drought plans: crisis or risk management?, 69, 1607-1627.
Otkin, J., Anderson, M. C., Hain, C., Mladenova, I., Basara, J., Svoboda, M. (2013). Examining rapid onset drought development using the thermal infrared based evaporative stress index. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 14, 1057-1074.
Pozzi, W., Sheffield, J., Stefanski, R., Cripe, D., Pulwarty, R., Heim, R., Brewer, M. J., Vogt, J., Westerhoff, R., Pappenberger, F., Werner, M., Lloyd-Hughes, B., Wagner, W., Mo, K., Schubert, S., Dijk, A. v., Svoboda, M., Bettio, L., Nicholson, M., van	Online
Trnka, M., Kersenbaum, C., Eitzinger, J., Hayes, M. J., Hlavinka, P., Svoboda, M., Dubrovsky, M., Semeradova, D., Wardlow, B., Pokorny, E., Mozny, M., Wilhite, D., Waltman, W., Zalud, Z. (2013). Consequences of climate change for the soil climate in centr
Bathke, D., N. Wall, J. Nothwehr, K. Smith, D. Woudenberg, T. Bernadt, C. Bergman, J. Robine, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, L. Darby, and R. Pulwarty, 2012: Building a Sustainable Network of Drought Communities. National Integrated Drought Information System Enga	Online
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, and M. Svoboda. 2012. Drought. Encyclopedia on Environmetrics. John Wiley and Sons (in press).
Hayes, M., D. Wilhite, M. Svoboda, and M. Trnka. 2011. Investigating the Connections between Climate Change, Drought, and Agricultural Production. Handbook on climate Change and Agriculture. Edward Eigar Publishing Ltd.
Ryu, J.H., M.D. Svoboda, J.D. Lenters, T. Tadesse, and C.L. Knutson (2010) Finding Potential Extents for ENSO-Driven Hydrologic Drought Forecasts in the United States, Climatic Change, 101(3-4): 575-597	Online
Tadesse, T., B.D. Wardlow, M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda, and J.F. Brown, 2010. The Vegetation Condition Outlook (VegOut): A New Method for Predicting Vegetation Seasonal Greenness. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 47(1):25-52.	Online
Dubrovsky, M., M. D. Svoboda, M. Trnka, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, Z. Zalud, and P. Hlavinka. (2008). Application of relative drought indices in assessing climate change impacts on drought conditions in Czechia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 96. 1	Online
Knutson, C.L., S. Jones, M.E. Sittler, M. Higgins, M.D. Svoboda, D.R. Kluck, and D.A. Wilhite (2008) Development of a Low Flow Early Warning System for the NOAA National Weather Service, USA, Stream Ecology and Low Flows, Special Issue of the Internationa
Trnka, M., M. Dubrovsky, M. D. Svoboda, D. Semeradova, M. J. Hayes, Z. Zalud, and D. A. Wilhite. 2008. Developing a regional drought climatology for the Czech Republic. International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1745.	Online
Knutson, C. L., M. J. Hayes, and M. D. Svoboda. 2007. Case study of tribal drought planning: the Hualapai Tribe. Natural Hazards Review, 8(4): 125-131.	Online
Wilhite, D. A., M. D. Svoboda, and M. J. Hayes. 2007. Understanding the complex impacts of drought: a key to enhancing drought mitigation and preparedness. Journal of Water Resources Management, 21(5): 763-774.	Online
Wu, H., M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, and F. Wen. 2007. Appropriate application of the Standardized Precipitation Index in arid locations and dry seasons. International Journal of Climatology, 27: 65-79.	Online
Wu, H., M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, and M. Svoboda. 2005. The effect of the length of record on the Standardized Precipitation Index calculation. International Journal of Climatology, 25: 505-520.	Online
Peters, A.J., Walter-Shea, E., Ji, L., Vina, A., Hays, M., Svoboda, M.D. 2002. Drought Monitoring with NDVI-Based Standardized Vegetation Index. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 68:71-75.
Svoboda, M., Hayes, M., Wilhite, D. 2002. The Role of Integrated Drought Monitoring in Drought Mitigation Planning. Planning. Annals of Arid Zones. 40(1):1-11.
Svoboda, M., LeComte, D., Hayes, M. , et. al. 2002. The Drought Monitor: An Integrated Approach to Water Supply Assessment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(8):1181-1190
Svoboda, M., LeComte, D., Hayes, M., Heim, R., Gleason, K., Angel, J., Rippey, B., Tinker, R., Palecki, M., Stooksbury, D., Miskus, D., Stevens, S. 2002. An Introduction to the Drought Monitor. The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(8):11	Online
Wilhite, D.A., M. Hayes, and M. Svoboda 2000. Monitoring drought using the standardized precipitation index. Drought Mitigation Center Faculty Publications. Paper 70. chapter 12.	Online
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, and M.D. Svoboda 2000. Drought monitoring and assessment: Status and trends in the United States. Drought Mitigation Center Faculty Publications. Paper 76.	Online
Wilhite, D.A., M.J. Hayes, M.D. Svoboda 2000. Drought Monitoring and Assessment: Status and Trends in the United States. Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe. 149-160.	Online
Hayes M.J., M.D. Sovoboda, D.A. Wilhite, O.V. Vanyarko. 1999. Monitoring the 1996 Drought Using the Standardized Precipitation Index. American Meteorological Society. 80(3):429-438.	Online
Bathke, D., Bernadt, T., Fuchs, B., Svoboda, M. (in press). A Tutorial for the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Background

Education

Degree	Major	Institution	Year Awarded
Doctorate of Philosophy	Natural Resource Sciences	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	2016
Master of Science	Geography (specialization in remote sensing, climatology, and GIS)	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	1992
Bachelor of Science	Geography (specialization in climatology and a minor in meteorology-climatology)	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	1989

Affiliations

Awards

Title	Awarded by	Year Awarded
Innovation, Development and Engagement Award	University of Nebraska	2022
Fellow	National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska	2021

Websites

SNR Program Areas

Applied Climate and Spatial Science

Areas of Interest/Expertise

Climatology
Drought
Water management
Impacts
Drought Early Warning Information Systems
Drought Monitoring

Grants

Currently this page only displays grants that were awarded on 1/1/ 2009 to the present. If a grant was awarded prior to 1/1/ 2009 and is still active, it will not be displayed on this page.

Grant Title	USDA Support for Enhancement to the US Drought Monitor and engaging the USDA Climate Hubs 22-23
Starting Date	09/30/2022	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2023
Funding Level	$1,325,000.00
Funding Agency	U.S. Department of Agricuture - Office of Chief Economist

Grant Title	Consultancy on Baseline Report on Drought Impact Reporting, Monitoring, and Assessment
Starting Date	09/01/2022	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/31/2022
Funding Level	$20,000.00
Funding Agency	Global Water Partnership Organisation

Grant Title	Building a Global Composite Drought Indicator Hot Spot Early Warning & Information System
Starting Date	07/04/2022	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	02/27/2023
Funding Level	$998,218.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Defense - Air Force

Grant Title	Providing Drought Risk Management Services for the World Bank (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	03/08/2022	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	03/24/2022
Funding Level	$24,286.00
Funding Agency	World Bank Group

Grant Title	Building a Composite Drought Indicator and Monitoring/Early Warning System for Peru
Starting Date	02/06/2022	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	11/30/2022
Funding Level	$74,974.00
Funding Agency	USDA - FAS

Grant Title	High Plains Regional Climate Center (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	07/01/2021	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	06/30/2022
Funding Level	$150,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	USDA Support of the US Drought Monitor and Hub Activities
Starting Date	10/01/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Tonya Haigh Cody Knutson Kelly Smith Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	09/30/2023
Funding Level	$2,375,000.00
Funding Agency	US Deparment of Agriculture - OCE

Grant Title	A Multi-Spatial Approach to Monitoring Forage Characteristics of Western US Grasslands
Starting Date	10/01/2020	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Deborah Bathke Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	08/16/2021
Funding Level	$84,999.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Interior - Geological Survey

Grant Title	Drought Information Services and Research for Ag across the US
Starting Date	09/30/2020	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Deborah Bathke Tonya Haigh Cody Knutson Renata Rimsaite Kelly Smith Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	09/29/2021
Funding Level	$800,000.00
Funding Agency	US Deparment of Agriculture - OCE

Grant Title	US Drought Portal Operaions and Development Support
Starting Date	09/01/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Rezaul Mahmood
Ending Date	03/01/2021
Funding Level	$150,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	MENAdrought Empowering and Enhancing Drought Management Systems in the Middle East-North Africa Region (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	08/10/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Michael Hayes Cody Knutson
Ending Date	09/30/2020
Funding Level	$119,483.00
Funding Agency	Water Management Institute

Grant Title	Providing Drought Information Services for the Nation: the National Drought Mitigation Center (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	08/01/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Tonya Haigh Cody Knutson Kelly Smith Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	09/30/2021
Funding Level	$808,530.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Providing Drought Risk Management Services for the World Bank
Starting Date	05/29/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Cody Knutson Kelly Smith Tsegaye Tadesse Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	03/24/2021
Funding Level	$199,994.00
Funding Agency	World Bank Group

Grant Title	Australian Combined Drough Indicator
Starting Date	05/27/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	05/28/2020
Funding Level	$5,795.00
Funding Agency	University of Southern Queensland

Grant Title	Extension Guidebook to Help Communities Plan for Drought
Starting Date	02/29/2020	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Tonya Bernadt
Ending Date	06/30/2020
Funding Level	$14,897.00
Funding Agency	University of Wisconsin Extension

Grant Title	Development of a Global Evaporative Stress Indes Based on Thermal and Microwave LST towards Improved Monitoring of Agricultural Water and Vegetation Stress
Starting Date	01/17/2020	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	03/31/2020
Funding Level	$56,019.00
Funding Agency	NASA

Grant Title	Drought Information Services for Agriculture across the United States (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	09/30/2019	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Tsegaye Tadesse Cody Knutson
Ending Date	09/29/2020
Funding Level	$833,384.00
Funding Agency	USDA-OCE

Grant Title	Providing Drought Information Services for the Nation: the National Drought Mitigation Center
Starting Date	09/01/2019	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Tonya Haigh Cody Knutson Kelly Smith
Ending Date	08/31/2021
Funding Level	$791,470.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

Grant Title	NIDIS Help Desk Support AWR FY20 (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2019	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Rezaul Mahmood
Ending Date	08/31/2020
Funding Level	$150,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

Grant Title	Drought Risk Management in South Africa
Starting Date	06/07/2019	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Cody Knutson Tsegaye Tadesse Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	08/15/2020
Funding Level	$40,000.00
Funding Agency	World Bank Group

Grant Title	USAID MENAdrought
Starting Date	06/03/2019	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Michael Hayes Theresa Jedd Cody Knutson Christopher Neale
Ending Date	09/30/2021
Funding Level	$1,222,118.00
Funding Agency	IWMI

Grant Title	MENA Regional Drought Management (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	05/20/2019	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Deborah Bathke Michael Hayes Cody Knutson Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	06/30/2019
Funding Level	$478,800.00
Funding Agency	Nebraska Environmental Trust

Grant Title	Drought Impacts on Grasslands
Starting Date	03/15/2019	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Deborah Bathke Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	09/14/2019
Funding Level	$84,995.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Interior - GS

Grant Title	Drought Information Services for Agriculture across the United States (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	10/01/2018	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2019
Funding Level	$925,889.00
Funding Agency	USDA - OCE

Grant Title	NOAA High Plains Regional Climate Center (additional funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2018	Investigator(s) Natalie Umphlett Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2019
Funding Level	$211,552.00
Funding Agency	Department of Commerce

Grant Title	Development of a Global Evaporative Stress Index Based on Thermal and Microwave LST towards Improved Monitoring of Agricultural Water and Vegetation Stress
Starting Date	07/11/2018	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	03/31/2020
Funding Level	$27,750.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	2016-2017 La Nina Early Warning and Impacts In the Rio Grande Basin (Additional)
Starting Date	07/11/2018	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2018
Funding Level	$15,000.00
Funding Agency	USDA - ARS

Grant Title	Global ESI (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	04/01/2018	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	03/31/2019
Funding Level	$24,114.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautic and Space Administration

Grant Title	Global Inventory and Comparative Assessment of Drought Risk Modeling Tools.
Starting Date	02/14/2018	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	04/20/2019
Funding Level	$14,187.00
Funding Agency	Deltares

Grant Title	Drought Summit and Outreach
Starting Date	01/22/2018	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Tonya Haigh Kelly Smith Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2019
Funding Level	$85,000.00
Funding Agency	American Planning Association

Grant Title	Drought Information Services
Starting Date	10/03/2017	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2018
Funding Level	$927,774.00
Funding Agency	USDA - OCE

Grant Title	NIDIS Portal Assistance (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2017	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Fuchs Deborah Bathke
Ending Date	08/31/2018
Funding Level	$150,000.00
Funding Agency	NOAA

Grant Title	Drought Risk Management and Planning Assistance in the Caribbean
Starting Date	01/01/2017	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Cody Knutson
Ending Date	06/30/2017
Funding Level	$49,917.00
Funding Agency	Caribbean Institute of Meterology and Hydrology

Grant Title	Drought Information Services for Agriculture across the United States (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	10/01/2016	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Deborah Bathke Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	09/30/2017
Funding Level	$827,501.00
Funding Agency	USDA - OCE

Grant Title	2016-2017 La Nina Early Warning and Impacts In the Rio Grande Basin
Starting Date	09/01/2016	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	05/31/2017
Funding Level	$100,000.00
Funding Agency	USDA - ARS

Grant Title	NIDIS Portal Assistance
Starting Date	09/01/2016	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Deborah Bathke Mark Svoboda Natalie Umphlett
Ending Date	08/31/2017
Funding Level	$150,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	AWR: NIDIS DEWS Assistance
Starting Date	09/01/2016	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda Natalie Umphlett
Ending Date	08/31/2017
Funding Level	$110,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Drought Risk Management - California
Starting Date	07/01/2016	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	06/30/2018
Funding Level	$7,615.00
Funding Agency	Deer Research Institute

Grant Title	NASA GRACE Follow On Drought/Flood (Additional Funding)
Starting Date	02/12/2016	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/10/2018
Funding Level	$50,451.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	MENA Regional Drought Management
Starting Date	01/01/2016	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda Christopher Neale Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	03/31/2017
Funding Level	$1,025,440.00
Funding Agency	ICBA

Grant Title	ET Mapping Over North America (additional funding)
Starting Date	11/10/2015	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$29,916.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Drought Information Services for Agriculture across the United States
Starting Date	10/01/2015	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2016
Funding Level	$839,442.00
Funding Agency	U. S. Department of Agriculture - Office of the Chief Economist

Grant Title	Development of Probabilistic Drought Intensification Forecasts Using the GOES-BASED Evaporative Stress Index (additional funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2015	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2017
Funding Level	$29,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Advancing Drought Moitoring and Prediction Using a Multi-Index Multivariate Framework (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/01/2015	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	07/31/2016
Funding Level	$30,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date	06/25/2015	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/13/2016
Funding Level	$93,169.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding)
Starting Date	06/16/2015	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$10,731.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Providing Drought Information Services for the Nation: the National Drought Mitigation Center
Starting Date	06/01/2015	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	05/31/2018
Funding Level	$798,885.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	The Wind River Indian Reservation's Vulerability to the Impacts of Drought and the Development of Decision Tools to Support Drought Preparedness (additional funding)
Starting Date	06/01/2015	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2016
Funding Level	$124,117.00
Funding Agency	Colorado State University

Grant Title	The Wind River Indian Reservation's Vulerability to the Impacts of Drought and the Development of Decision Tools to Support Drought Preparedness (additional funding)
Starting Date	06/01/2015	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/30/2015
Funding Level	$43,547.00
Funding Agency	Colorado State

Grant Title	Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding)
Starting Date	02/27/2015	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$10,731.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date	02/27/2015	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/13/2016
Funding Level	$93,169.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Development of the Middle East and North Africa Network of Water Centers
Starting Date	02/01/2015	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse Kelly Smith
Ending Date	12/31/2015
Funding Level	$40,052.00
Funding Agency	Develoment Alternatives, Inc.

Grant Title	Eastern Caribbean Drought Workshops
Starting Date	01/22/2015	Investigator(s) Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	05/20/2016
Funding Level	$49,227.00
Funding Agency	OECS

Grant Title	Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S. (additional funding)
Starting Date	12/11/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/10/2018
Funding Level	$15,156.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S.
Starting Date	12/11/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/10/2018
Funding Level	$20,208.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goodard Space Flight Center

Grant Title	Integrating GRACE and GRACE Follow On Data into Flood and Drought Forecasts for the Continental U.S. (additional funding)
Starting Date	12/11/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/10/2018
Funding Level	$15,157.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Improving US Drought Monitoring - Integrating Soil Moisture Data and Developing a Drought Blends Portal
Starting Date	10/01/2014	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	10/30/2015
Funding Level	$150,000.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Agriculture

Grant Title	Drinking Water Utilities
Starting Date	09/25/2014	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	06/15/2015
Funding Level	$17,072.00
Funding Agency	Cadmus Group, Inc.

Grant Title	ESI Rapid Drought Onset (additional funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2014	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	08/31/2015
Funding Level	$21,300.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Drought Risk Management for the United States
Starting Date	09/01/2014	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Deborah Bathke Brian Fuchs Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/31/2015
Funding Level	$693,696.00
Funding Agency	University of Oklahoma (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Grant Title	Development of Probabilistic Drought Intensification Forecasts Using the GOES-BASED Evaporative Stress Index
Starting Date	09/01/2014	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2017
Funding Level	$28,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Drought Impacts: DRIVER (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/27/2014	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2016
Funding Level	$183,111.00
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation

Grant Title	Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/21/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$5,960.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	ET Mapping Over North America (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/21/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$5,960.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/15/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/13/2016
Funding Level	$58,113.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI): An Integrated Approach to Maximizing the Use of NASA Data Sets for Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/15/2014	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/13/2016
Funding Level	$124,225.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Advancing Drought Moitoring and Prediction Using a Multi-Index Multivariate Framework
Starting Date	08/01/2014	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	07/31/2017
Funding Level	$28,000.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Improving U.S. Drought Monitoring
Starting Date	07/16/2014	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	07/15/2015
Funding Level	$240,000.00
Funding Agency	Department of Agriculture

Grant Title	Tech Assist on Drought Preparedness
Starting Date	07/01/2014	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Cody Knutson Kelly Smith Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	06/30/2015
Funding Level	$25,000.00
Funding Agency	World Bank Group

Grant Title	ET Mapping Over North America
Starting Date	12/31/2013	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$106,576.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Development of a Multi-Scale Remote-Sensing Based Framework for Mapping Drought over North America (additional funding)
Starting Date	12/13/2013	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	12/12/2016
Funding Level	$14,308.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Tech Assist on Drought Preparedness
Starting Date	10/03/2013	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Cody Knutson Kelly Smith Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	06/30/2014
Funding Level	$40,000.00
Funding Agency	World Bank Group - IBRD

Grant Title	NOAA High Plains Regional Climate Center (additional funding)
Starting Date	10/01/2013	Investigator(s) Martha Durr Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	03/31/2015
Funding Level	$129,050.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Drought Information Service
Starting Date	10/01/2013	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	09/30/2014
Funding Level	$739,809.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	NDMC Drought Information Services for Agriculture
Starting Date	09/27/2013	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Brian Fuchs Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	09/26/2014
Funding Level	$200,000.00
Funding Agency	Department of Agriculture

Grant Title	Drought Impacts: DRIVER
Starting Date	09/01/2013	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2016
Funding Level	$165,615.00
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation

Grant Title	Moisture into NLDAS (additional funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2013	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2014
Funding Level	$37,491.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Drought Impacts: DRIVER (additional funding)
Starting Date	09/01/2013	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2016
Funding Level	$193,347.00
Funding Agency	National Science Foundation

Grant Title	2013 Workshop on Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring and Water Resources Applications
Starting Date	08/15/2013	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	10/01/2013
Funding Level	$24,553.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Collaboration WI: Facilitating Adaptive Management under Conditions of Rapid Drought Onset using the Goes-Based Evaporative Stress Index
Starting Date	08/01/2013	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	07/31/2015
Funding Level	$20,737.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Evapotranspiration & Drought Monitor
Starting Date	08/24/2012	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/22/2013
Funding Level	$8,864.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Rapid Response Drought Monitoring
Starting Date	08/14/2012	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/13/2013
Funding Level	$121,082.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Rapid Response Drought Monitoring (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/14/2012	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	08/13/2016
Funding Level	$324,564.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Moisture in to NLDAS (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/01/2012	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2013
Funding Level	$36,519.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	National Drought Mitigation Center Drought Risk Atlas
Starting Date	08/01/2012	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Fuchs Michael Hayes Martha Durr
Ending Date	07/31/2014
Funding Level	$127,186.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	ET Mapping Over North America
Starting Date	06/22/2012	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda Brian Fuchs Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	06/21/2013
Funding Level	$29,144.00
Funding Agency	University of Maryland

Grant Title	Regional Climate Services Support (additional funding)
Starting Date	03/31/2012	Investigator(s) Martha Durr Jinsheng You Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	03/31/2013
Funding Level	$624,138.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	NOAA High Plains Regional Climate Center
Starting Date	12/31/2011	Investigator(s) Martha Durr Deborah Bathke Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	03/31/2013
Funding Level	$829,888.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Dual Assimiliation of Microwave and Thermal-Infrared Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture
Starting Date	09/01/2011	Investigator(s) Brian Wardlow Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/31/2012
Funding Level	$4,365.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Grant Title	Stakeholder Workshop (additional funding)
Starting Date	10/01/2010	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	10/09/2012
Funding Level	$13,367.00
Funding Agency	University of Idaho

Grant Title	Stakeholder Workshop
Starting Date	10/01/2010	Investigator(s) Cody Knutson Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	10/09/2012
Funding Level	$13,367.00
Funding Agency	University of Idaho

Grant Title	Drought Monitor
Starting Date	10/01/2010	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Cody Knutson Deborah Bathke
Ending Date	09/30/2013
Funding Level	$558,401.00
Funding Agency	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative/National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Grant Title	Mitigation of Ag Drought Models
Starting Date	10/01/2010	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	07/31/2012
Funding Level	$20,383.00
Funding Agency	University of Alabama

Grant Title	NIDIS Portal Content Development and Help Desk Support (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/15/2009	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/14/2012
Funding Level	$169,478.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/NCDC

Grant Title	NIDIS Portal Content Development and Help Desk Support
Starting Date	08/15/2009	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda
Ending Date	08/14/2012
Funding Level	$497,797.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/NCDC

Grant Title	A GOES Thermal-Bases Frought Early Warning Index for NIDIS
Starting Date	08/01/2009	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	07/31/2012
Funding Level	$62,441.00
Funding Agency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/OAR

Grant Title	Drought Mitigation, Nebraska Project
Starting Date	07/15/2009	Investigator(s) Michael Hayes Mark Svoboda Cody Knutson Brian Wardlow
Ending Date	07/14/2010
Funding Level	$437,243.00
Funding Agency	US Department of Agriculture - CSREES

Grant Title	Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Data (additional funding)
Starting Date	08/06/2008	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow Brian Fuchs
Ending Date	08/05/2011
Funding Level	$77,006.00
Funding Agency	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Grant Title	Incorporating Remote Sensing Information into the U.S. Drought Monitor
Starting Date	02/01/2007	Investigator(s) Mark Svoboda Brian Wardlow Tsegaye Tadesse
Ending Date	09/30/2010
Funding Level	$54,824.00
Funding Agency	US Department of the Interior - Geological Survey

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