U.S. Domestic Resources
Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.
U.S. Domestic Resources
FEMA High Water Mark Initiative
Published:
September 12, 2016National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The High Water Mark (HWM) Initiative is a community-based awareness program that increases local communities’ awareness of flood risk and encourages action to mitigate that risk.Read more
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United States, North AmericaFEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance
Published:
June 29, 2016National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This page provides general information on hazard mitigation and the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs.Read more
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United States, North AmericaFEMA Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities
Published:
August 15, 2016National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This page provides information on Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities as related to the Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs.Read more
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United States, North AmericaUSACE Hydrologic Engineering Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), an organization within the Institute for Water Resources, is the designated Center of Expertise for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the technical areas of surface and groundwater hydrology, river hydraulics and sediment transport, hydrologic statistics...Read more
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United States, North AmericaClimateWizard
The Nature Conservancy
ClimateWizard enables technical and non-technical audiences alike to access leading climate change information and visualize the impacts anywhere on Earth. The first generation of this web-based program allows the user to choose a state or country and both assess how climate has changed over time...Read more
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United States, North AmericaDownscaled CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate and Hydrology Projections
U.S. Geological Survey
The archive provides climate and hydrologic projections at spatial and temporal scales relevant to some of the watershed and basin-scale decisions facing water and natural resource managers and planners dealing with climate change. Such access permits several types of analyses, including: (1)...Read more
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United States, North AmericaVegetation Drought Response Index (VEGDRI)
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June 30, 2014U.S. Geological Survey, Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) produces VegDRI in collaboration with the US Geological Survey's (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), and the High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC). Main researchers working on VegDRI are Dr. Brian Wardlow, with...Read more
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United States, North America