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- attributes: ~
  caption: 'A map of continental U.S. drought conditions during July 2012, showing extreme and exceptional drought in several regions. (Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, a partnership between USDA, NOAA, and the National Drought Mitigation Center)'
  chapter:
    display_name: 'Chapter 4: Leveraging Global Change Research In Areas of Societal Need'
  chapter_identifier: leveraging-global-change-research-areas-societal-need
  create_dt: 2012-07-24T00:00:00
  description: 'A map of continental U.S. drought conditions during July 2012, showing extreme and exceptional drought in several regions. (Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, a partnership between USDA, NOAA, and the National Drought Mitigation Center)'
  display_name: '4.13: U.S. Drought Monitor July 2012'
  identifier: us-drought-monitor-july-2012
  lat_max: 50
  lat_min: 24
  lon_max: -66
  lon_min: -125
  ordinal: 13
  report:
    display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014'
  report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014
  source_citation: 'Produced by Richard Heim, NCDC/NOAA on July 24, 2012, released on July 26, 2012 http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData/MapArchive.aspx'
  submission_dt: 2012-07-26T00:00:00
  time_end: 2012-07-31T23:59:00
  time_start: 2012-07-01T00:00:00
  title: U.S. Drought Monitor July 2012
  type: figure
  uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2014/chapter/leveraging-global-change-research-areas-societal-need/figure/us-drought-monitor-july-2012
  url: ~
  usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source.