A Drought Monitoring and Forecasting System for Sub-Sahara African Water Resources and Food Security

摘要: Drought is one of the leading impediments to development in Africa. Much continent dependent on rain-fed agriculture, which makes it particularly susceptible climate variability. Monitoring drought and providing timely seasonal forecasts are essential for integrated risk reduction. Current approaches developing regions have generally been limited, however, part because unreliable monitoring networks. Operational also deficient often reliant statistical regressions, unable provide detailed information relevant assessment. However, wealth data from satellites recent advancements large-scale hydrological modeling model predictions enabled state-of-the-art prediction systems that can help address many problems inherent regions. An experimental forecast system sub-Saharan Africa described is...