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Tonya Haigh

National Drought Mitigation Center

Based in

United States
North America

Dr. Tonya Haigh is a Research Assistant Professor and the Social Science Coordinator for the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Dr. Haigh’s research focuses on the adaptive capacity of agricultural producers and others to cope with drought. Her research connects social science with climate science by informing the development of stakeholder-driven resources and tools. Dr. Haigh has worked with ranchers, advisors, and researchers to develop the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website and has provided social science expertise to the development of climate decision support tools for Corn Belt producers and specialty crop growers. Dr. Haigh’s academic and research expertise includes social theory related to climate risk management, survey development and administration, quantitative data collection and analysis, and qualitative data collection and analysis.

Country(ies) of Specialty

United States

Focus areas of expertise

Behavioral action Agriculture

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Publications

Articles

Evolution of the Southwest Drought Learning Network. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2023 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0017.1EID: 2-s2.0-85161284951Part of ISSN: 15200477 00030007

How is Flash Drought Understood?—Experts’ Definitions and Decision-Makers’ Perceptions. Weather, Climate, and Society
2023 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-22-0142.1EID: 2-s2.0-85175085029Part of ISSN: 19488335 19488327

Planning Strategies and Barriers to Achieving Local Drought Preparedness. Journal of the American Planning Association
2023 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2022.2071324EID: 2-s2.0-85133481695Part of ISSN: 01944363

The patchwork governance of ecologically available water: A case study in the Upper Missouri Headwaters, Montana, United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association
2023 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.13167EID: 2-s2.0-85170562356Part of ISSN: 17521688 1093474X

An Inventory and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S.. Society and Natural Resources
2022 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2081392EID: 2-s2.0-85131691841Part of ISSN: 15210723 08941920

Getting ahead of Flash Drought: From Early Warning to Early Action. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2022 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0288.1EID: 2-s2.0-85141320774Part of ISSN: 15200477 00030007

Meeting the Drought Information Needs of Midwest Perennial Specialty Crop Producers. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
2022 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0105.1EID: 2-s2.0-85134749338Part of ISSN: 15588432 15588424

A typology of drought decision making: Synthesizing across cases to understand drought preparedness and response actions.
Weather and Climate Extremes
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100362EID: 2-s2.0-85111973794Part of ISSN: 22120947

Explaining the use of online agricultural decision support tools with weather or climate information in the Midwestern United States.
Journal of Environmental Management
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111758EID: 2-s2.0-85097581246Part of ISSN: 10958630 03014797

Forum: Critical Decision Dates for Drought Management in Central and Northern Great Plains Rangelands.
Rangeland Ecology and Management
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2019.09.005EID: 2-s2.0-85074224354Part of ISSN: 15507424

Ranchers’ Use of Drought Contingency Plans in Protective Action Decision Making.
Rangeland Ecology and Management
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2020.09.007EID: 2-s2.0-85097768006Part of ISSN: 15507424

Resilience through climate services. One Earth
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.002EID: 2-s2.0-85123238127Part of ISSN: 25903322 25903330

Valuation of drought information: Understanding the value of the us drought monitor in land management.
Water (Switzerland)
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.3390/w13020112EID: 2-s2.0-85099789613Part of ISSN: 20734441

Whose ground truth is it? Harvesting lessons from Missouri’s 2018 bumper crop of drought observations.
Weather, Climate, and Society
2021 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0140.1EID: 2-s2.0-85101744515Part of ISSN: 19488335 19488327

Critical analysis of the value of drought information and impacts on land management and public health.
Water (Switzerland)
2020 | journal-article
DOI: 10.3390/W12041064EID: 2-s2.0-85086769589Part of ISSN: 20734441

Linking drought impacts to drought severity at the state level.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2020 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0067.1EID: 2-s2.0-85090907058Part of ISSN: 00030007

National print media vs. agricultural trade publications: communicating the 2012 Midwestern US drought.
Climatic Change
2020 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-019-02630-3EID: 2-s2.0-85077532232Part of ISSN: 15731480 01650009

Ready for drought? A community resilience role-playing game.
Water (Switzerland)
2020 | journal-article
DOI: 10.3390/w12092490EID: 2-s2.0-85090919591Part of ISSN: 20734441
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Drought Early Warning and the Timing of Range Managers’ Drought Response.
Advances in Meteorology
2019 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9461513EID: 2-s2.0-85074233235Part of ISSN: 16879317 16879309

Linking seasonal drought product information to decision makers in a data-sparse region: A case study in the Greater Horn of Africa.
Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
2019 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2018.03.005EID: 2-s2.0-85044164467

Socioecological Determinants of Drought Impacts and Coping Strategies for Ranching Operations in the Great Plains.
Rangeland Ecology and Management
2019 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2019.01.002EID: 2-s2.0-85061691748

Comparison of agricultural stakeholder survey results and drought monitoring datasets during the 2016 U.S. northern plains flash drought.
Weather, Climate, and Society
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0051.1EID: 2-s2.0-85063644724Part of ISSN: 19488335 19488327

Do advisors perceive climate change as an agricultural risk? An in-depth examination of Midwestern U.S. Ag advisors’ views on drought, climate change, and risk management.
Agriculture and Human Values
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-017-9827-3EID: 2-s2.0-85030843418

Ecological drought: Accounting for the non-human impacts of water shortage in the upper Missouri Headwaters Basin, Montana, USA.
Resources
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.3390/resources7010014EID: 2-s2.0-85044136146

Measuring park visitation vulnerability to climate extremes in U.S. Rockies National Parks tourism.
Tourism Geographies
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2017.1377283EID: 2-s2.0-85030182261

Provision of climate services for agriculture: Public and private pathways to farm decision-making.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0253.1EID: 2-s2.0-85054782602

Serious gaming for participatory planning of multi-hazard mitigation.
International Journal of River Basin Management
2018 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2018.1481079EID: 2-s2.0-85049688901

Agricultural trade publications and the 2012 Midwestern U.S. drought: A missed opportunity for climate risk communication.
Climate Risk Management
2017 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2016.10.006EID: 2-s2.0-85006765649

Useful to Usable: Developing usable climate science for agriculture.
Climate Risk Management
2017 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2016.10.004EID: 2-s2.0-85005952182

Linking seasonal predictions to decision-making and disaster management in the Greater Horn of Africa.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2016 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00269.1EID: 2-s2.0-84971474744

The effects of extreme drought on climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and adaptation attitudes.
Climatic Change
2016 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1561-5EID: 2-s2.0-84959130668

Agricultural advisors as climate information intermediaries: Exploring differences in capacity to communicate climate.
Weather, Climate, and Society
2015 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00015.1EID: 2-s2.0-84921769099

Extension′s role in disseminating information about climate change to agricultural stakeholders in the United States.
Climatic Change
2015 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1339-9EID: 2-s2.0-84939990181

Mapping the decision points and climate information use of agricultural producers across the U.S. Corn Belt.
Climate Risk Management
2015 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2015.01.004EID: 2-s2.0-84924359028

New atlas features corn belt farmers’ perspectives on agriculture and climate.
Journal of Extension
2015 | journal-article
EID: 2-s2.0-84929301483

Participatory research workshop on seasonal prediction of hydroclimatic extremes in the greater horn of Africa.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2015 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00280.1EID: 2-s2.0-84942893076

Crop advisors as climate information brokers: Building the capacity of us farmers to adapt to climate change.
Climate Risk Management
2014 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2014.08.001EID: 2-s2.0-84918808349

A drought-planning methodology for ranchers in the great plains.
Rangelands
2013 | other
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-12-00075.1EID: 2-s2.0-84874460619

Agricultural advisors: A receptive audience for weather and climate information?.
Weather, Climate, and Society
2013 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00036.1EID: 2-s2.0-84879094895

Climate change beliefs, concerns, and attitudes toward adaptation and mitigation among farmers in the Midwestern United States.
Climatic Change
2013 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0707-6EID: 2-s2.0-84874950021

Ranchers in the united states, scientific information, and drought risk.
Drought, Risk Management, and Policy: Decision-Making under Uncertainty
2013 | book
Part of DOI: 10.1201/b14918EID: 2-s2.0-85010729313

Roles of perceived control and planning in ranch drought preparedness.
Great Plains Research
2013 | journal-article
EID: 2-s2.0-84891612171

Farmer perceptions of sustainable agriculture practices and drought risk reduction in Nebraska, USA.
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
2011 | journal-article
DOI: 10.1017/S174217051100010XEID: 2-s2.0-80054912843