Workshop: Accessing Drought & Production Data for Decision Support using Climate Engine Tools

Title: Accessing Drought & Production Data for Decision Support using Climate Engine Tools Presenters: Kristen O'Shea and Eric Jensen from the Desert Research Institute Workshop presented on January 29, 2026 Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/... Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction and Session Overview 5:37 Background and Overview of Climate Engine 13:45 Drought Monitoring 32:53 Demo #1 on Drought Monitoring of 2017 Northern Plains Flash Drought Event 52:37 Vegetation Production Monitoring 1:15:10 BLM Practitioner Highlight, Nicole Hupp, BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office 1:46:12 Demo #2 on Assessing Vegetation Production Response Following Restoration in Eastern Nevada 1:56:38 Closing Join this hands-on workshop session for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), led by partners from the Desert Research Institute, on using Climate Engine tools and reports to assess drought conditions and vegetation impacts. The session includes an overview of core climate and remote sensing datasets for evaluating drought and production, a practitioner highlight from BLM, and live demonstrations of accessing reports and using the Climate Engine app to map and analyze drought and vegetation.